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Literacy word bank the oxford primary dictionary & thesaurus
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LWB-216
Literacy Word Bank
The OXFORD Primary Dictionary & Thesaurus
PARENT/TEACHER GUIDE

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  • Page 1 LWB-216 Literacy Word Bank The OXFORD Primary Dictionary & Thesaurus PARENT/TEACHER GUIDE...

  • Page 2: License Agreement

    This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to com- ply with any provision of this license.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    License Agreement Introduction Word bank Lists -Teacher’s Notes ....4 Getting Started ......9 General Information .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Word Bank of over 100 lists of words grouped by subjects that the National Literacy Association (NLA) has put together in partnership with Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. It has automatic phonetic spell correc- tion so that children almost always find the word they’re looking for.

  • Page 5: Word Bank Lists -Teacher's Notes

    In order to help pupils clarify and express their thoughts in writing, the National Literacy Association, in partnership with Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., has put together over one hundred lists of words grouped together into subjects. These subjects range from simple things such...
  • Page 6 ty may not always be comparable between subjects. For instance, the Challenge list for Water includes words like dehydration whereas that for About Me contains less adventurous words such as cousin. You will also find that some words appear on more than one list.
  • Page 7 All lists, of course, have their limitations. These are not intended to be comprehensive in any sense, nor do they attempt to suggest the best or most appropriate or even the most interesting words to use when writing about a particular subject.
  • Page 8 Encouraging pupils to take a machine home and demon- strate it to their parents could be both an enjoyable and a useful exercise for many of them. Although some of the lists fall into a specific curriculum area, many of them can be used across the school sub- jects.
  • Page 9 the word and turn it over. The first one to turn over all the words and read them out to the teacher wins. There are also all sorts of pattern games in which single words are strung together (with the last letter of one making the first letter of the next) into a pattern.

  • Page 10: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED This product uses four AAA batteries. Change the batter- ies when the screen contrast is too light even after adjustment. Note: When you remove the batteries, stored information is erased. Follow the instructions below to install the batteries and adjust the screen contrast.

  • Page 11: General Information

    GENERAL INFORMATION Seeing A Demonstration You can view a brief demonstration of how your LITERACY WORD BANK works. To do this, press and press the screen. Press Press Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows to the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can use to see more.

  • Page 12: Key Guide

    KEY GUIDE This guide explains what the keys, other than the alpha- bet keys, do when they are pressed. Turns LITERARY WORD BANK on or off. Goes to the thesaurus Word Entry screen. Goes to the list of Word Bank topics. Goes to the List menu.
  • Page 13 Enters words, starts a highlight, or selects items. Clears the word typed in the dictionary or thesaurus Word Entry screens, goes back to the dictionary Word Entry screen, or stops the demonstration. Types a ? to stand for one unknown letter in a word.

  • Page 14: Finding A Definition

    FINDING A DEFINITION LITERACY WORD BANK makes it easy for the child to find a definition. When there is an unfamiliar word used in a definition, it can be highlighted and the meaning found. When a game word is difficult or new, it can be looked up too.
  • Page 15 To find definitions, follow the example below. 1. Press 2. Type a word to look up. For example, type ether. 3. Press 4. Press repeatedly to read more. At the end of the dictionary entry, the message “No more!” appears. 5.
  • Page 16 To find the meaning of a word used in a definition, follow the example below. 1. Press 2. Press the highlighted word. 3. Press to read the definition. 4. Press screen. To learn how to look up definitions of game words, please see “Playing the Games”...

  • Page 17: Finding A Synonym

    FINDING A SYNONYM The LITERACY WORD BANK includes a thesaurus to help children find synonyms. Synonyms are words that have the same or similar meanings, for example, gem, jewel, precious stone. Synonyms for a word can be found by typing the word at the thesaurus Word Entry screen and pressing .
  • Page 18 1. Press 2. Type a word to look up. For example, type admire. 3. Press 4. Press repeatedly to read more. At the end of the thesaurus entry, the message “No more!” appears. To look up a cross referenced word, follow the steps above and type the word that is cross referenced at the thesaurus Word Entry screen.
  • Page 19 To find the synonym of a word used in a definition, follow the steps below. The example shown is from the dictionary entry for hieroglyphics. 1. In a definition, press 2. Use want. 3. Press You jump to the thesaurus entry for symbols. 4.
  • Page 20 To find the definition of a word in a thesaurus entry, follow the steps below. The example shown is from the thesaurus entry for admire. 1. Press 2. Use want. 3. Press You jump to the dictionary entry for esteem. 4.

  • Page 21: Spell Correction

    SPELL CORRECTION The LITERACY WORD BANK comes with automatic spell correction. It helps children find the word they’re looking for by either correcting a misspelled word or offering correctly spelled possibilities. Let’s look at an example. 1. Press screen. 2. Type a misspelled word, for example, pepel. 3.

  • Page 22: Finding Letters In Words

    FINDING LETTERS IN WORDS The LITERACY WORD BANK can help children find a word even when they are unsure of how it is spelled. In either the dictionary or thesaurus Word Entry screens, to replace one unknown letter in a word. You can type more than one ? in a word.
  • Page 23 For example, type p?rt at the dictionary Word Entry screen. 3. Press If the pattern typed has matches in the dictionary a list is displayed. If it it doesn’t have any matches, the message, “Sorry, can’t help.” appears. 4. Press repeatedly to go down the list and view more matches.

  • Page 24: Viewing The Word Bank Lists

    VIEWING THE WORD BANK LISTS The difficulty level can be selected before viewing the lists. To learn how, follow the steps below. 1. Press 2. Press until Word Bank Level is on the screen. 3. Press desired level. The arrow to the right of the check mark box indi- cates which way to move.
  • Page 25 To learn how to view the subject-area words, follow the example below. 1. Press 2. Press to scroll down the list, or type the first let- ter of the desired topic. The highlight moves to the first topic starting with that letter.
  • Page 26 4. Press to scroll down the list. This list can be scrolled to look for familiar words. When the end of the list is reached, the message “No more!” appears. When an unfamiliar word appears, press look up its definition. If the word has a matching diction- ary entry, the definition appears.

  • Page 27: Finding Countries And Peoples

    FINDING COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES The LITERACY WORD BANK includes names of coun- tries and the terms used for the people living in them, to teach children what the people living in a country are called. For example, a child can learn that while the peo- ple of Iceland are Icelanders, the people of Switzerland are the Swiss.
  • Page 28 The highlight moves to the first country whose name starts with the letter typed. For example, type I. You may also start typing the letters of a country to go to it directly. 5. Press to move the highlight to a country you want.

  • Page 29: Saving Words For Study

    SAVING WORDS FOR STUDY With the LITERACY WORD BANK a child can create a personal list of up to 80 words for study or review. Any word in the dictionary or thesaurus can be added to the list. Words that are not in the dictionary or thesaurus can also be added, but those words take up more room in the list.
  • Page 30 If the word typed is not in the dictionary, the mes- sage “Add it Anyway?” appears. 4. Press A headword can be added to Your Word List. To learn how, follow the example below. 1. From a dictionary entry, press Your Word List appears on the screen.
  • Page 31 3. Press Your Word List appears on the screen. 4. Press The highlighted word appears on the Add This Word: screen. 5. Press A word typed in at the dictionary or thesaurus Word Entry screens can also be added to Your Word List. To learn how, follow the example below.
  • Page 32 To learn how to view the words added to Your Word List, follow the steps below. 1. Press Your Word List appears on the screen. 2. Press See Your Words appears on the screen. 3. Press The list of added words appears. 4.
  • Page 33 3. Press until Erase a Word appears on the screen. 4. Press The list of entered words appears. 5. Use to move the highlight to the word you want to remove from the list, and press To erase the entire list, do the following. 1.

  • Page 34: Playing The Games

    PLAYING THE GAMES The LITERACY WORD BANK has seven challenging games that are both educational and fun. A child can learn commonly used Spanish and French phrases with Fun with Spanish and Fun with French, practice math problems with Arithmetic Tutor and test verbal skills with Hangman, Word Train, Jumble and Anagrams.
  • Page 35 This is an item on the Games menu. 2. Use desired level. 3. Press until Game Words is on the screen. Dictionary is the default setting. 4. Use desired source. 5. Press to scroll down the list of games. 6. When the desired game is highlighted, press to select it.
  • Page 36 2. Type letters you think are in the word. When a correct letter is typed, it appears in place of the corresponding ?. When an incorrect letter is typed, it replaces an # and another part of the man appears. 3.
  • Page 37 2. Take turns with the train to type letters. Whoever types the last letter of the word, wins. 3. To give up and end the game, press 4. To see the definition of the word, press 5. To play another round, press To return to the Games menu, press Jumble scrambles the letters of a mystery word.
  • Page 38 5. To see the definition of the word, press 6. To play another round, press To return to the Games menu, press Anagrams challenges a child to find all of the words that can be formed using the letters in the game word. Each letter can be used only as many times as it appears in the given word.
  • Page 39 4. To give up and end the game, press Once the game is over, use words that can be made with the game word. 5. To play another round, press To return to the games menu, press Arithmetic Tutor challenges a child to solve math prob- lems.
  • Page 40 Fun with Spanish and Fun with French are lists of help- ful phrases that a child can read and memorize. Follow the steps below to learn how to view these lists. 1. Select Fun with French or Fun with Spanish on the Games menu.

  • Page 41: Using The Calculator

    USING THE CALCULATOR The LITERACY WORD BANK includes a calculator which a child can use to check homework. To learn how to use the calculator, follow the steps below. 1. Press screen. 2. Press 3. Type a number. Press D to type a decimal. In the calculator, the letters Q-P will automatically type the numbers 1-0.

  • Page 42: Battery Information

    BATTERY INFORMATION 1. Different types of batteries or new and used batter- ies are not to be mixed. 2. Only batteries of the same or equivalent type as rec- ommended are to be used. 3. Batteries are to be inserted with the correct polarity. 4.

  • Page 43: Product Information

    Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks © 2002 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907, USA. All rights reserved. The Oxford Primary Dictionary 3rd edition ISBN 019 910720 3 ©...

  • Page 44: Limited Warranty (Eu And Switzerland)

    LIMITED WARRANTY (EU and Switzerland) This product, excluding batteries and liquid crystal dis- plays (LCDs), is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of two years from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced with an equivalent product (at Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty work- manship or materials.

  • Page 45: Limited Warranty (Outside Eu And Switzerland)

    LIMITED WARRANTY (outside EU and Switzerland) This product, excluding batteries and liquid crystal dis- plays (LCDs), is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced with an equivalent product (at Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty work- manship or materials.
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