Vista Language Arts Lessons

  Mottos as Cliches -a motto is a statement often designed for motivation, unity, direction, goals and many more.  It can be called a maxim, proverb, adage, slogan and a mantra and derivations of spiritual connections. create interpretations and/or messages of the mottos below: 1. Be yourself.  Everyone else is already taken. ie: To thy self be true.  You are one in a million. 2. Tomorrow is another day. 3. If you are going through hell, keep going. 4. Rome wasn't built in a day.  ie: patience is a virtue- all good things come to those who wait. don't rush ... 5. It is okay to live a life that others don't understand. 6. When you can't find the sunshine, be the sunshine. 7. Carpe Diem - Seize the Day 8. Do or do not. There is no try (Yoda) ie: trying is lying- try to get out of your seat 9. Enough is as good as a feast. 10. What you think of me is none of my business. (Terry Cole Whittaker) 11. Don't set yourself on fire to keep other people warm. - you can't gi...

  CLICHES----DESIGNING ANALOGIES  Lesson #2 * phrases that are reused and can lack creative thought... 1. it is an uphill battle  an uphill battle -  walking the tightrope   an uphill battle is to walking a tightrope as challenges are to goals  facing an uphill battle is like walking a tightrope-once you are there you have to keep going. 2. better safe than sorry ----flashlights better safe than sorry is to flashlights as a boy scout is always prepared.  3.the apple doesn't fall far from the tree - twins 4.love is blind -  beauty is in the eye of the beholder 5. ignorance is bliss -  the more you know the better you are 6. birds of a feather ---sorority girls 7. easy as pie --- stamp of approval 8. it is only a white lie.---speak your truth 9. when pigs fly --- herding cats 10. every cloud has a silver lining  -- when you wish upon a star 11. the clock is your enemy  --- crunch time

An analogy shows comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea. example: apple: tree:: milk : cow Choose one of the relationships provided below. 1. hovel is to dirty as hub is to _____________ hovel( poor, poverty, home)....hub (center of a city) unseen    busy   spade 2. crying is to pain as laughing is to ______________ happiness   glare   annoyed 3. cat is to kitten as bear is to ____________ lamb    pony    cub 4. reverse is to forward as down is to ______________ lift   up   haul 5. canary is to yellow as polar bear is to ___________ brown    black    white 6. cashier is to cash as plumber is to _________________ pipe    wire    basket 7. pear is to fruit as steak is to _________________ vegetable    dinner   meat 8. segregate is to unify as repair is to ________________ push    ...