Hadley

Contracted Braille Writing 11 – More Lower Groupsigns: ea, bb, cc, ff, gg

Hadley presents Contracted Braille Writing, More Lower Groupsigns: e-a, b-b, c-c, f-f, g-g.

If you don't already know how to read these lower groupsigns, we recommend first completing Hadley's Reading Workshop, Contracted Braille Workshop 11, More Lower Groupsigns: e-a, b-b, c-c, f-f, g-g.

Okay, let's take a fast look at these lower groupsigns. Turn to page 16 in the workbook. At the top of the page, read the lower groupsigns: e-a, b-b, c-c, f-f, g-g.

Now let's use these lower groupsigns in a cooking lesson called "How to Teach a Child to Make French Toast."

We'll write these seven steps as a list using 1st, 2nd, and so on. Any time you hear a fraction, use the fraction line. The steps can be found in uncontracted form in the workbook on pages 17 and 18 for your reference.

Write:

Cooking is a nice hobby, and when a child is ready to cook, comma, parents need to be ready, forward slash, willing to help.

Now try:

1st Suggest the child get all the stuff he needs, dash, cooking is easier if you can easily access what you need.

Next, we will braille a list of six ingredients. To write a list, each item should start on a new line, and you will space over two spaces to write each item.

Now write:

Six slices of bread, dash, stale is ok to use.

Braille:

Eggs, colon, 3, hyphen, 4, eggs.

Write:

Butter, colon, 3 teaspoons.

Now braille:

Milk, opening parenthesis, or whipping cream, closing parenthesis, colon, 2/3 cup.

Try this one:

Nutmeg or cinnamon, colon, 1/4 teaspoon.

Braille:

Real vanilla extract, colon, 1 teaspoon, opening parenthesis, fake vanilla will affect the taste, closing parenthesis.

Write this last ingredient:

Fruit, comma, syrup, comma, or marshmallow fluff to dribble on top.

Now write this step:

2nd The child shall beat the eggs until fluffy and bubbly.

This time braille:

Then, comma, he adds the milk, opening parenthesis, or cream, closing parenthesis, comma, spices, comma, and vanilla to the eggs.

Write:

3rd He needs to heat a pan over medium heat.

Now try:

Add the butter and watch for it to bubble.

Write the next step:

4th He will dunk a slice of bread into his egg mix.

Braille:

This is added to his pan, opening parenthesis, that is heated, closing parenthesis.

Try this one:

5th To avoid accidents, comma, use a rubber spatula, period. Then at 1, hyphen, 2 minutes, comma, flip on each side when the edges bubble and the bread puffs up.

Now braille:

6th When all the toast is flipped, comma, he can dribble syrup, comma, marshmallow fluff, comma, or add fruit to accent the top.

Write:

Opening parenthesis, Later, comma, when the child is ready, comma, he can learn to stuff with sweetened cream cheese and, forward slash, or fruit, dash, but avoid over, hyphen, stuffing, period, closing parenthesis.

Finally, write this last step:

7th Kids can gobble French Toast for breakfast at 7:00, a, period, m, period, or nibble later for a snack at 2:00 p, period, m, period.

Now you can check your writing with a contracted list on pages 19 and 20 in the workbook.

Did you recall that these lower groupsigns must only be used in the middle of words? Also, we would spell out the e-a in, easily, and easy, in the 1st step, and we use the lower g-g contraction in, eggs, but not in, egg.

How about the step numbers like 1st and 5th? Did you spell out the letters, s and t, or, t and h?

Now check the second part of step 6. There we use the strong a-r contraction instead of the lower e-a contraction in, learn, because strong contractions take preference.

Congratulations! You have completed all of the writing workshops on lower wordsigns and groupsigns. If you have any questions or thoughts you'd like to share, connect with a Hadley braille expert at 847-784-2816. We'd love to hear what you have to say.