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Contracted Braille Writing 18: Dot 4-6 Final Letter Contractions

Hadley Presents Contracted Braille Writing Workshop 18: Dot 4-6 Final Letter Contractions.

If you don't already know how to read the dot 4-6 contractions, we recommend first doing Hadley's reading workshop, Contracted Braille Workshop 18: Dot 4-6 Final Letter Contractions.

Okay, let's take a quick look at the dot 4-6 final letter contractions. Turn to page 7 in the workbook. At the top of the page, read the final letter contractions: o-u-n-d, a-n-c-e, s-i-o-n, l-e-s-s, and o-u-n-t.

Let's practice writing paragraphs using these contractions. The paragraphs you'll be writing will be read in this recording and will also be written in uncontracted braille in your workbook. You can use these uncontracted braille paragraphs on pages 8 and 9 to check the spelling of words and names and to check how numbers and other symbols are to be written. Write the sentences in contracted braille.

Start by indenting and writing this first paragraph:

The Mary Celeste, comma, a crewless ship, comma, was found floating 400 miles east of the Azores on December 5, comma, 1872.

Upon entrance to the ship, comma, a boarding party found disturbance to the ship's charts, comma, but the crew's possessions were still in the cabins.

The only lifeboat was unaccounted for, comma, and even with 3 ½ feet of water in the ship's bottom, comma, the cargo was flawless.

With no human to be found, comma, countless theories abound regarding the disappearance of the ten people who sailed aboard the ship.

Continue writing with this second paragraph:

Regardless of the scarcity of evidence, comma, documentarian Anne MacGregor launched an investigation into the disappearance of those aboard.

Progression in modern naval technology, comma, enhanced by newly discovered documents, comma, gave a new conclusion.

So, comma, with the exclusion of groundless theories, comma, MacGregor recounted the significance of what she knew.

Now, write the last paragraph:

MacGregor found that the captain, comma, his wife and daughter, comma, and seven crewmen, comma, encountered a heavy weather disturbance for two weeks.

The ship log's last account was recorded at 5 a, period, m, period, on November 25.

By all appearances, comma, the ship was seaworthy and the captain was blameless.

The search party found a full cargo, comma, ruling out pirates, comma, and there was no imminent explosion as the main hatch was secure.

There was no carelessness found on the part of the captain, comma, and his performance was that of an experienced sailor.

When given the occasion, comma, abandoning a ship in open seas is the last thing a captain might order, comma, or a sailor might do.

Nevertheless, comma, is that what the captain ordered?

If so, comma, why?

This is truly a lesson in perseverance to discover what happened to this ship.

With the assistance and apprehension of all background information, comma, the investigation continues.

You can now check your writing with the paragraphs in contracted braille on pages 10 and 11 in the workbook. Take a look at the second to last sentence. Did you spell out the word, lesson, recalling that these final letter contractions cannot be used at the beginning of a word?

Congratulations! You learned to braille the dot 4-6 final letter contractions. Was anything tricky? Would you like more practice? Reach out to a Hadley learning expert at 847-784-2816. We can't wait to hear from you.