Poem in Grade 1

[Chris Clemens]

I have been given the easy task of brailling something in Grade 1, however, my question is in formatting this. The student is in 1st Grade and just learning braille.

There is a '-ash' at the top right corner of the print page that they want on the page, there is a centered title of the poem, and the poem which is followed by '-Linda B. Ross', the author.

I have centered the title of the poem, I have each line starting in cell 1 (there are no runovers), and I put the authors name in cell 4 with 2 dashes (3 6). I do not know where to put the '-ash' they want on the braille page, should I put it in cell 1 on line 1, followed by a blank line and the centered heading (followed by a blank line or not?). Then, am I doing the authors name at the end correct, or should I do it differently?

My biggest concern is doing it wrong for a student who is just learning!

Thank you!
Ginger

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[Chris Clemens]

[quote=gbruning]I have been given the easy task of brailling something in Grade 1, however, my question is in formatting this. The student is in 1st Grade and just learning braille.

There is a '-ash' at the top right corner of the print page that they want on the page, there is a centered title of the poem, and the poem which is followed by '-Linda B. Ross', the author.

I have centered the title of the poem, I have each line starting in cell 1 (there are no runovers), and I put the authors name in cell 4 with 2 dashes (3 6). I do not know where to put the '-ash' they want on the braille page, should I put it in cell 1 on line 1, followed by a blank line and the centered heading (followed by a blank line or not?). Then, am I doing the authors name at the end correct, or should I do it differently?

My biggest concern is doing it wrong for a student who is just learning!

Thank you!
Ginger[/quote]

[Chris Clemens]

Ginger,

Please attach a copy of the page so I can see how the page looks. I can provide a better answer when I see the page.
Thanks!

Jana

[Chris Clemens]

Here is a scan copy of the original, and the braille document I created. These are actually different then the worksheet I was using yesterday, but exactly the same layout with the letters they're working on at the top of the page, a centered title, a poem, and the author's name.
Thank you!

[Chris Clemens]

Ginger,

Thanks for attaching the poem. First of all, the -ip or -ash should be centered on line one and treated as a heading. Skip one blank line and center your poem title A Dip in the Ocean or whatever your poem title is. Poem format should be 1/3, starting in cell one with runovers in cell 3. Your author's name is treated as an attribute and should start 4 cells to the right of the beginning of the preceding braille line, which in this case would be cell five. Hope this is helpful.

Have a great day!
Jana

[Chris Clemens]

I did everything you suggested....except treating '-ip' as a heading. That makes sense....and I want to do it right!!

Awesome!
Ginger

[Chris Clemens]

Ginger,
Why did you not do the -ip as a heading? That is what it should be, regardless of print placing it at the margin. In looking at your braille, you have the attribution in cell 2 ... it needs to be in cell 5. If you have any doubts, post your question the Formats forum ... I bet you get the same response. If you want it to be correct, then it needs to be a heading. 🙂

Jana

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