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Nineties Hawkman loves Baby Ruth

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Best. Commercial. Ever.

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Super Dictionary: the beginning

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:19:38 GMT

From parsimonia's s_d post, this time slightly comprehensible:

Educational Consultant

Dr. Mario Fantini, Dean and Professor School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts

Contributing Authors

Virginia G. Clammer, Reading Specialist and Teacher Thomas O. Frostman, Curriculum Specialist Cynthia Lewin, Ph.D., Reading Specialist and Author James A. Schulz, Professor of Humanities

Editorial Group

Kathleen Fischer; Susan Katz; Sally Paynter; Wendy Shore

Art Group

Darby Holmes, Art Director; Ruth Weiss, Production Coordinator; Kenneth Feduniewicz; Patricia Kearney; Barbara Remington; Wendy Walker; Nevin Washington

Special Thanks

DC Comics: Sol Harrison, President Joe Kubert, Cover Design Ben Oda, Lettering Publishers Phototype, Typesetting Post Graphics. Color Separation

Warner Educational Services A Warner Communications Company

Copyright ©1978 Warner Educational Services, Inc. All rights reserved. El Dragón copyright © Warner Educational Services, Inc. 1978. All other characters copyright © DC Comics Inc., 1978. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, record- ing, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Published simultaneously in Canada, by Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited. Printed in the United States of America.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 78-55453 ISBN: 0-03-043756-3 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

A LEARNING DICTIONARY FOR YOUR CHILD

THE SUPER DICTIONARY is a serious book about words written in a fascinating manner just for children. It combines trusted learning theory and America's best known and loved comic characters. The irresistible quality of the colorful art, the story form of the definitions and the special challenge to the young learner make this dictionary a book of many uses over a wide age range. Pre-schoolers, beginning readers and advancing readers alike find THE SUPER DICTIONARY a joy to use. It is clearly organized and is a convenient and entertaining resource book unlike any other. Parents reading the book to children and having it read back to them know the pleasure of participating in a positive learning experience. * A unique approach, now widely used in schools, combines trusted educational methods and America's best known and loved comic characters. *Carefully researched and developed by a team of leaders in primary education, teachers and language specialists. * 416 full-color SUPER DICTIONARY pages, dynamically designed to keep children involved from A to Z. * Alearning tool for developing a meaningful vocabulary, increas- ing comprehension skills and providing exciting reading practice. * Words defined clearly and concisely in superhero stories for maximum understanding and appeal to children. * Strong, motivational superhero content gives each young reader a positive dictionary experience.

* Carefully researched

THE SUPER DICTIONARY`s planning and research is based primarily on the use of the Harris-Jacobson Basic Elementary Reading Vocabularies, a word list that identifies those words most commonly found in school readers and textbooks for each grade level, and the use of the Dale-O`Rourke Living Word Vo- cabulary, a vocabulary inventory that identifies those meanings of words that are most familiar to children at each grade level. Great care was given in presenting a list of words and their most familiar meanings so that this dictionary would be appropriate for children in the early grades. In order to guarantee maximum use of this book. the words from the first, second and third grade lists plus selected words from grades four and five were included for definition. Children using THE SUPER DICTIONARY will be expanding a meaningful vocabulary and can be well prepared to manage successfully the reading they will be required to do in school.

* Words defined clearly

This dictionary's consistency of design. format. and style of definitions makes it easy for children to use. Words to be defined are always found at the left side of the page and are clearly Identified so that children can readily locate them. Each com- plete definition is contained in a single box in order tn eliminate confusion — children automatically know which picture goes with the definition. Sentence structure and vocabulary selection are consistently appropriate for maximum readability. THE SUPER DICTIONARY makes a unique contribution to chil- dren’s dictionaries by defining each word In a story context that children quickly understand. Throughout this book each word to be defined ls first used in a story sentence: then the definition is substituted for the word in the following sentence. For those words with more than one meaning or with more than one part of speech defined, the word is used again in a story sentence and then followed by a sentence with its definition. As an aid to children's understanding of word usage and spelling skill, the plural is also included when a noun ls defined (baby, babies), the past tense when a verb is defined (climb, climbed), and the familiar comparative and superlative forms when an adjective or adverb is defined (dark, darker, darkest).

A major component of this dictionary's approach is its use of comic characters in art and definitions in dialogue to create an extra dimension of interest and serve to make each meaning easier to understand and more likely to be remembered.

* Strong motivational content

Generations of young people have enjoyed the superheroes in comic-book readers and recently through television, toys, and clothes. Teachers have recognized the need to motivate children to learn by presenting them with such high-interest materials. At present schools are using superhero content in reading pro— grams in order to hold children's interest and are meeting con- siderable success. Today it's Superman, Wonder Woman, Bat— man and Robin who form a content base for reading and reading skills practice. Full use of the high-interest comic characters in action has been made throughout THE SUPER DICTIONARY to make sure that the young reader will be motivated to use the dictionary again and again. These characters work very effectively to stimulate a child's curiosity, intelligence and imagination — a necessary condition under which the most and best learning takes place. Care has been taken to present the superheroes and villains in a variety of situations so that the child can share in the imagi- native world of the comic characters and the characters can "share" in the more human, everyday world of the child. The famous superheroes in the dictionary read and sleep and keep clean tool * A learning tool This dictionary has been developed using accepted learning theory, carefully structured research and an exciting content base in order to make it a perfect match for children's reading ability. level of understanding and interests. Children using the book can develop a meaningful vocabulary, increase com- prehension, gain a proficiency in dictionary skills and have many delightful hours of reading practice. Parents can help in the learning process by becoming involved in the dictionary too by reading to children, by asking children to look up words

and read to them and by having children talk about what they have read.

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Optical character recognition: the cracky science

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:14:11 GMT

I just tried sending some descriptive pages from the Super Dictionary through ocropus, and I wanted to share the un-proofread results. They're almost like using that bork-bork-bork translator into Swedish Chef-speak.

(Gonna clean them up for a different post later. The crack should be accessible to screen-readers everywhere!)

Educational Consultant Dr, Marlo Fantinl, Dean and Professor . School of Education, Unlverstty of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts Contributing Authors Virginia G, Clammer. Reading Speclallst and Teacher Thomas O Fmstrnan, Currltrulum Specialist Cynthia Lewin, Ph,D., Reading Speclaltsl and Author James A. Schulz. Prulcssor of Humanltles Editorial Group Kathleen Fischer: Susan Katz; Sally Paynter; Wendy Shore A11 Group Darby Holmes. Art Director; Ruth Weiss. Productlcn Coordinator; Kenneth Fedunlewtcz; Patricia Kearney: Barbara Remington; Wendy Walker; Nevln Washington Special Tluunks DC Comics: Sol Harrison. President Joe Kubert, Cover Destgn Ben Oda, betterlng Publishers Phetotype, 'lypesrttlng Post Graphics. Color Separation

A LEARNING DICTIONARY FOR YOUR CHILD

THE SUPER DICTIONARY Is a serlous book about words written In a fascinating mannerjust for chlldren. It combines trusted learnlng theory and Amerlca's best known and loved comlc characters. The irresistible quality of the colorful art, the story form ol the deftmtions and the special challenge to the young learner make this dlctlonary abook oimany uses over a wide age range. Prc-schoolers, beginning readers and advancmg readers allke find THE SUPER DICTIONARY a joy to use. It Is clearly organlzed and is a convenlent and entertalnlng resource book unlike any other. Parents rearllng the book to children and having it read back to them know the pleasure ofparticlpatlng In a positive learnlng experience. {EIA unique approach, now wltlely used In schools. comblnes trusted educational methods and Amer1ca's best known and loved comic characters. *Carefully researched and developed by a team of leaders In prrmary education, teachers and language spectallsts. Q 416 full·color SUPER DICTIONARY pages, dynamically designed to keep children Involved from A to Z. {tx, Alearning tool {cr developing a meanrngful vocabulary. increas lng comprehension skllls and providing exciting reading practice. l£?Worcls deftned clearly and concisely ln superhero stories for maxlmum understanding and appeal to children. l2?Strong, motlmtlonal superhero content gives each young reader a posltlve dlctlonary experience.

ii? Carefully researched

THE SUPER I')lCTIONARY`s planning and research ls based prlmarlly on thc use of the Harrls-Jacobson Basic Elementary Reading Vocahulorles, a word ltst that identifies those words most commonly lbund ln school readers and textbooks for each grade lcvel, and the use nf the Dale-O`Rourke Living Word Vo- cabulary, a vocabulary Inventory that ldentifles those meanings of words that are most farnlllar to children at each grade level. Great care was glven ln presenting a llst of words and thelr most famlllar meanings so that thls dlctlonary would be approptate for children ln the early grades. In order to guarantee maxlmum use ofthls book. the words from the first, second and thlrd grade lists plus selected words from grades four and five were lncluded for deflnltlon. Children using THE SUPER DICTIONARY wlll be expanding a meaningful vocabulary and can be well prepared to manage successfully thc reading they will be required to do ln school.

af? Words defined clearly

This dlctlonary's consistency of design. format. and style of deflnltlons makes tt easy for children to use. Words to be defined are always found at the left slde of the page and are clearly Identified so that children can readily locate them. Each com- plete dcflnltlon is contalned ln a single box in order tn eliminate confusion — children automatically know which picture goes with the dcflnltlon. Sentence structure and vocabulary selectlon are consistently approprlate for maxlmum readlbillty. THE SUPER DICTIONARY makes a unique contribution to chll- drcn’s dlctlonarlcs by defining each word In a story context that chlldren quickly understand. Throughout this book each word to be deflned ls flrst used ln a story sentence: then the deflnltion ls substituted for the word in the following sentence. For those words wlth more than one meanlng orwlth more than one part of speech defined. the word ls used agatn in a story sentence and then followed by a sentence with Its deflnltlon. As an ald to chlldren's understandlng ofword usage and spelling sklll, the plural ls also lncluded when a noun ls defined [baby. babies]. the past tense when a verb ls defined (cllmb, climbed}. and the famlllar comparatlve and superlative forms when an adjcctlve or adverb is defined [dark. darker. darkest].

A mqor component of thts dtcttcnarys approach is its use of comic characters in art and deflnltlons 1n dialogue to create an extra dimension of intcrcst and serve tu makc each meaning caster to understand and more likely to be remembered.

av Strung motivational content

Generations of young people have enjoyed the superheroes tn comlcrbook readers and recently through televtston. toys, and clothes. Teachers have recognized the need to motivate children tn learn by presenting them with such high-interest materials. At present schools are using superhero content ln reading pr0— grams in order to hold chtldren's interest and are meeting com stderable success. Today tt's Superman, Wonder Woman, Hat— man and Robin who form a content base for reading and reading sktlls praetlee. Pull use ofthe high-interest comtc characters in action has been made throughout THE SUPER DICTlONARY to make sure that the young reader will be motivated to use the dictionary again and again. These characters work very effectively to stimulate a chtld's curiosity, intelligence and imagination — a necessary condition under which the most and best learning takes place. Care has been taken to present the superheroes and villains in a vartety of situations so that the child can share in the imagi- native world of the comic characters and the characters can "share" in the more human, everyday world of thc child. The famous superheroes ln thc dictionary read and sleep and keep clean tool i} A learning mol This dictionary has been developed using accepted learning theory, carefully structured research and an exciting content base ln order to make lt a perfect match for childrens reading ability. level of understanding and interests. Children using the book can develop a meaningful vocabulary, increase com- prehension, gain a proficiency in dlctlnnary skills and have many delightful hours of reading practice. Parents can help in the learning process by becoming involved in the dictionary too by reading to children, by asking children to look up words

and read to them and by having children talk about what they have read

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