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Contracted Braille Writing 28: Grade 1 Indicator

Hadley presents Contracted Braille Writing, Workshop 28: Grade 1 Indicator.

If you don't already know how to read the grade one Indicator, we recommend first doing Hadley's Reading Workshop, Contracted Braille Workshop 28: Grade One Indicator. Alright, let's check out this symbol. Turn to page 71 in the workbook. At the top of the page, read grade 1 indicator c.

In this workshop, you'll be writing paragraphs using the grade 1 indicator when needed. These uncontracted paragraphs can be found on pages 72 and 73 of the workbook for reference and for spelling and punctuation.

Indent and braille the first paragraph:

Planning a trip can be fun, comma, and I wanted to find a destination that fit me to a, capital T, exclamation mark.

I thought of Nashville, comma, capital word, TN, or Gulf Shores, capital word, AL as options.

I couldn't find Greenwich Village on the map until I discovered that it was spelled G, hyphen, r, hyphen, e, hyphen, e, hyphen, n, hyphen, w, hyphen, i, hyphen, c, hyphen, h.

Start a new paragraph and write:

Finally, comma, deciding on Chicago, comma, I hopped into my friend's sporty little, capital G, hyphen, six auto and headed to the airport.

She worried that she'd be able to squeeze into one of those tiny 2.5, space, m wide parking spaces.

Finally, comma, we found a larger spot in, capital, Lot, capital, B on level 4, comma, space 4d.

My friend always forgets where she parks, comma, so I said it aloud and also put it in the notes section of my iPhone.

I found a great deal on this flight at 100airplanetickets, dot, com.

The tickets were $350, dash, more or less.

Now braille the final paragraph:

The security checkpoint used an x, hyphen, ray to see what was in my bag, but the agent found only shirts and shorts.

Feeling like an amateur with a capital A, comma, I asked him where to get flight information.

He told me to check my iPhone for the, capital word, FIDS, opening parenthesis, Flight Information Display System, closing parenthesis, under, capital, C for Chicago.

My ticket showed I had two flights, colon, flight 671a to Atlanta and a connecting flight 489s to Chicago.

I made my way to concourse, capital, F, comma, found some coffee, comma, and meandered to the waiting area.

This was going to be a grade, capital, A trip, and I couldn't wait, exclamation mark.

You can now check your work by comparing your paragraphs to the contracted braille on pages 74 and 75.

Congratulations, you've completed the Contracted Braille Writing series. Was anything tricky? Would you like to connect with someone to chat about next steps? Reach out to a Hadley Braille expert at 847-784-2816. We are here to help.