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Franklin LWB-1216 Parents' Manual

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LWB-1216
Franklin Children's
Dictionary
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The OXFORD Primary Dictionary & Thesaurus
PARENT/TEACHER GUIDE

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  • Page 1 LWB-1216 Franklin Children’s Dictionary featuring 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 ......1 Introduction ......3 Word Bank Lists -Teacher’s Notes .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Congratulations! Your child or pupil now has an exciting new product designed to interest and enhance his or her spelling, reading and writing skills. The FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY is a beneficial and educa- tional tool that puts fun into learning.

  • 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 difficulty 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

    The flashing arrows to the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can use to see more. ➷ Automatic Shutofff If you forget to turn off your FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY, don’t worry. It will automatically turn off in two minutes to conserve battery power.

  • Page 12: Key Guide

    KEY GUIDE This guide explains what the keys, other than the alpha- bet keys, do when they are pressed. Turns FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY on or off. Goes to the thesaurus Word Entry screen. Goes to the list of Word Bank topics.
  • Page 13 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. Types an ✽ to stand for two or more letters in a word.

  • Page 14: Finding A Definition

    FINDING A DEFINITION The FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY 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 to start a highlight. 2. Press again to jump to the definition of the highlighted word. 3. Press to read the definition. 4. Press to return to the dictionary Word Entry screen.

  • Page 17: Finding A Synonym

    FINDING A SYNONYM The FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY 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 To find synonyms, follow the example below. 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 to start the highlight. 2. Use to move the highlight to the word you want.
  • 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 to start the highlight. 2. Use to move the highlight to the word you want.

  • Page 21: Spell Correction

    SPELL CORRECTION The FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY 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 to go to the dictionary Word Entry screen.

  • Page 22: Finding Letters In Words

    FINDING LETTERS IN WORDS The FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY 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, use to replace one unknown letter 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 to move the check mark to the desired level.
  • 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 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 FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY includes names of countries 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 people 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 FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY 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 to add the word. 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 to select it. The highlighted word appears on the Add This Word: screen. 5. Press to add the word. A word typed in at the dictionary or thesaurus Word Entry screens can also be added to Your Word List.
  • 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 to select it. See Your Words appears on the screen. 3. Press to select it. The list of added words appears.
  • Page 33 4. Press to select it. 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. Press Your Word List appears on the screen. 2.

  • Page 34: Playing The Games

    PLAYING THE GAMES The FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY 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 to move the check mark to the desired level. 3. Press until Game Words is on the screen. Dictionary is the default setting. 4. Use to move the check mark to the desired source.
  • Page 36 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. To reveal one letter, press 4. To give up and end the game, press When the man is fully revealed, the game is over.
  • Page 37 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 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 Once the game is over, use to see the list of 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 FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY includes a calculator which a child can use to check homework. To learn how to use the calculator, follow the steps below. 1. Press and press until Calculator is on the screen. 2. Press to select it.

  • Page 42: Battery Information

    ON/OFF or by removing/replacing batteries. Some screen illustrations in this guide may differ from what you see on the screen. This does not mean that your FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY is not functioning properly.

  • Page 43: Product Information

    Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks © 2002-2004 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907, USA. All rights reserved. www.franklin.com/uk The Oxford Primary Dictionary 3 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.
  • Page 46 www.franklin-uk.co.uk...

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