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Contracted Braille Writing 3 – Final Alphabetic Wordsigns

Hadley presents Contracted Braille Writing, Final Alphabetic Wordsigns.

If you don't already know how to read these alphabetic wordsigns, we recommend first completing Hadley's Reading Workshop, Contracted Braille Workshop 3, Final Alphabetic Wordsigns.

Begin by putting paper in your writing device using whichever writing device you have available to you.

Okay, first, let's take a quick look at the last set of alphabetic wordsigns. Turn to page 16 in the workbook.

At the top of the page, read the eight alphabetic wordsigns: us, from, it, as, that, quite, very, just.

Now, let's start writing. You'll write some more sentences using alphabetic wordsigns. The uncontracted sentences can be found on pages 17 through 19 of the workbook for reference.

To begin, start on a new line and indent two spaces.

Write this sentence:

We like to cook at home, ellipses, as we can get quite picky.

Next, braille: You will like spicy food, comma, but I will not.

Now write: I love to use mom's secret recipes, exclamation mark.

Try writing: It makes us glad to cook recipes we made as kids.

Next, braille: You like that apple pie recipe mom made us.

Now braille:

I'd rather bake a lemon loaf, as it is a very sweet cake to make.

Next, write:

The cake will use lemons, comma, so just buy six.

Try brailling:

It is very sweet, dash, but tangy, exclamation mark.

Now write:

I can make us food rather well, comma, as mom did.

Next braille:

I have not quite 50 new recipes on file, comma, so I can see every recipe.

Try writing:

Every cook will organize recipes by category, ellipsis, or by title.

Now braille:

A $10 recipe book, opening parenthesis, to organize by category, closing parenthesis, is so fun.

Next, try the sentence:

Recipes can pull up knowledge from food we ate as kids.

Now write:

I love to make us food from old family recipes.

Next, braille:

I can, forward slash, will bake Gram's quite-lovely almond cookies.

Now braille:

I will make us that orange cake as soon as I can, semicolon, I will make it at 5, colon, 20 P.M. or so.

Now try:

I can cook rather well, comma, but I do not like, forward slash, love to use a recipe.

Next, write:

It is very nice to cook from memory.

Now braille:

We like to make very simple recipes, as well as not quite simple recipes.

Finally, braille:

Knowledge to make all recipes will not come easily.

You can check your answers on pages 20 to 22 of the workbook.

Let's review the first sentence together. How many alphabetic wordsigns did you use?

There are four: like, as, can, and quite. Recall, that alphabetic wordsigns cannot be used next to the forward slash, like in the words can, forward slash, will in sentence 15.

Congratulations, you have completed the writing workshops for all 23 alphabetic wordsigns.