4. If you make a mistake and want to spell the word again, do not it out. “for” You can braille the word again. The last uncontracted worD you braille and the last contracted word you braille will be the words used for scoring. 5. I will be stopping after every ten words so that everyone can change paper at the same time. No matter how much space you have left on your paper, when I say stop and change your paper everyone should “Everyone now,” change their paper. 6. This year the Spelling contest is UEB code only. PROOFREADING—All Five Groups Materials: Brailled paragraphs, manual braillewriters and braille paper to fit, stopwatch or other timing device. Instructions for proctoring the contests: Accurate timing is essential. Use the stopwatch to ensure contest is • exactly 25 minutes. Collect all the tests. Check that all pages have a first and last name and • page numbers in print. Complete and attach a Contest Face Sheet. PLEASE NOTE there are separate instructions for Apprentice contest. Read the following procedure to your students: (Read the following for Apprentice level only:) contest has ten sentences, each followed by answer choices. Find the “The word, or the word with the punctuation, that has a mistake. For example, the mistake could be the wrong braille contraction, a word spelled wrong or using a comma instead of a period. Braille the number of the question first, and then the letter of the correct answer. have any mistakes, so Some sentences don’t could also be the right answer. You have 25 minutes to finish as much “no error” work as you can. Please stop when I say your time is up.” (Read the following for all other grade levels:) contest has 10 paragraphs, each containing numbered sentences and “The followed by a choice of answers. Find the sentence or sentences that has a mistake in it. For example, the mistake could be the wrong braille contraction, a word spelled wrong or using a comma instead of a period. On your answer sheet, braille the number of the question first, and then the letter of the correct answer. Some paragraphs have any mistakes, so could also be the right don’t “no error”
4. If you make a mistake and want to spell the word again, do not “for” it out. You can braille the word again. The last uncontracted worD you braille and the last contracted word you braille will be the words used for scoring. 5. I will be stopping after every ten words so that everyone can change paper at the same time. No matter how much space you have left on your paper, when I say “Everyone stop and change your paper now,” everyone should change their paper. 6. This year the Spelling contest is UEB code only. PROOFREADING—All Five Groups Materials: Brailled paragraphs, manual braillewriters and braille paper to fit, stopwatch or other timing device. Instructions for proctoring the contests: • Accurate timing is essential. Use the stopwatch to ensure contest is exactly 25 minutes. • Collect all the tests. Check that all pages have a first and last name and page numbers in print. Complete and attach a Contest Face Sheet. PLEASE NOTE there are separate instructions for Apprentice contest. Read the following procedure to your students: (Read the following for Apprentice level only:) “The contest has ten sentences, each followed by answer choices. Find the word, or the word with the punctuation, that has a mistake. For example, the mistake could be the wrong braille contraction, a word spelled wrong or using a comma instead of a period. Braille the number of the question first, and then the letter of the correct answer. Some sentences don’t have any mistakes, so “no error” could also be the right answer. You have 25 minutes to finish as much work as you can. Please stop when I say your time is up.” (Read the following for all other grade levels:) “The contest has 10 paragraphs, each containing numbered sentences and followed by a choice of answers. Find the sentence or sentences that has a mistake in it. For example, the mistake could be the wrong braille contraction, a word spelled wrong or using a comma instead of a period. On your answer sheet, braille the number of the question first, and then the letter of the correct answer. Some paragraphs don’t have any mistakes, so “no error” could also be the right
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