Franklin LWB-216 User manual

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Literacy Word Bank
The OXFORD Primary Dictionary & Thesaurus
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www.franklin-uk.co.uk PARENT/TEACHER GUIDE
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License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Word bank Lists -Teacher’s Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Key Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Finding a Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Finding a Synonym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Spell Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Finding Letters in Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Viewing the Word Bank Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Finding Countries and Peoples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Saving Words for Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Playing the Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
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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 LITERACY
WORD BANK is a beneficial and educational tool that
puts fun into learning.
The LITERACY WORD BANK is not only a dictionary
but also a thesaurus with over 50,000 synonyms. It con-
tains a 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. It has seven educational games including an
Arithmatic Tutor. It also has a calculator to help children
with their homework.
This guide explains how the LITERACY WORD BANK
works and lists some of its beneficial and educational
features. It includes Teachers' Notes from the NLA
explaining the Word Bank lists and suggesting ways of
working with them.We urge you to read this guide thor-
oughly so that you and your child can get the most out
of your new LITERACY WORD BANK.

WORD BANK LISTS -TEACHER’S NOTES
Words are fun. Both those that are familiar, and those
which are completely new, can lead one on a trail forward
to new ideas or backwards to the half remembered past.
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
as About me or Food to topics such as Energy or The
Romans, which are prescribed in the National Literacy
Strategy.When choosing the words, we looked first at the
National Curriculum subject areas and the sorts of words
and topics children would require for each.We also
looked at the requirements of the National Literacy
Strategy and the vocabulary that children are required to
know to meet the Strategy’s aims. Most importantly, we
tried to think of the sorts of subjects and words which chil-
dren themselves would choose – and indeed consulted
children wherever possible.
Each subject is divided into three lists grouped accord-
ing to level: Basic, Super, Challenge.Basic contains
common words which, for the most part, present no par-
ticular spelling difficulties and which are conceptually
simple; Super consists of more difficult words, the sorts
of words which children often spell incorrectly, or which
embrace a more complex concept; and finally Challenge
a ‘higher’ level list offering words which are more compli-
cated both in structure and meaning.The level of difficul-
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