Vista Language Arts Lessons

  Chinese New Year is a major holiday in China and Chinese communities throughout the world.  The celebration is one of the largest of the Lunar New Year festivals that are held throughout Asia.  1. Rat- 1936-48, 60, 72, 84, 1996, 2008,2020 You are ambitious yet honest. Prone to spend freely. Seldom make lasting friendships. Most compatible with Dragons, and Monkeys, least with Horses 2. Ox- 1937, .....2022  Bright, patient, and inspiring to others. You can be happy by yourself yet make an outstanding partner. Marry a snake or Rooster. The sheep brings trouble. 3. Tiger 1938, 1950...2022  Tiger people are aggressive, courageous, candid and sensitive.  Look to the Horse and Dog for happiness. Beware of the Monkey. 4. Rabbit 1939....2023  Luckiest of all signs, you are also talented and articulate.  Affectionate, yet shy, you seek peace throughout your life.  Marry a Sheep or Boar.  Your opposite is the Rooster. 5.  Dragon 1940...2024...

  Onomatopoeia - Are examples of words that project the actual sound in a sentence. examples: bang, splash, boom, meow - A relatively large number of bird names arise by onomatopoeia. -The use of onomatopoeia for literary effects. The language in her picture books is notable for its playfulness and onomatopoeia. -The naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds 1. The bee hives in my grandmothers backyard create a sympophy of sounds with their buzzing music.  2. My cats will hiss at the neighbor cats through the window. 3. A snake that was swerving in the desert landscapes frigthened me with its low volume hissing. 4. Because she lives by herself she didn't realize that she snored until her friends told her during their summer vacation. 5. My dogs has the cutest snore during his afternoon nap. 6. The vroom of  my neighbor's old model car would wake me up every morning. 7. The car races in Long Beach Auto Show create a vroom sound that almost break the sound ...

 1/  deception- fraud, subterfuge, trickery (deals with acts or practices that deliberately deceive. The word also implies or suggest cheating... 1. There has been more fraud on the internet since Covid 19.  People are desperate and use tactics of subtle subertfuge such as using bogus icons like "Paypal logos"to hack into the publics' private accounts. 2. detour - noun -indirect course - branch, bypass, diversion The topography of the desert landscape aloud for several paths that branched out into four diverse directions.  In order to bypass the traffic on the 405 south we traveled strictly on the 5 south to find our way home.  3. so- for this reason, for that reason, that is why, consequently, thus, on account of this, My family continually vows to get together on Thanksgiving.  For this reason, my parents begin preparations after the 4th of July. On account of this, my parents really enjoy their retirement years with this love project. 4. What is another ...

 1. Break the ice-to break off a conflict or commence a friendshipB -Back when transportation was by ships, at times the ships would get stuck in the ice during the winter. The receiving country would send small ships to "break the ice" and the clear the way for the trade ships. -To break the ice with their prespective in-laws my parents had a barbeque for both families to get acquanited. 2. Butter someone up -This was a customary religious act in ancient India.  The devout would throw butter balls at the statues of their gods to seek favor and forgiveness. -The car dealer "butters up" his clients with coffee and donuts as they enter the dealership. 3. Barking up the wrong tree-means to have a misguided thoughts about an event or situaiton- a false lead -The refers to hunting dogs that chase their prey up a tree not realizing that the prey is no longer there. -The politician was "barking up the wrong tree" when she proposed her conservative ideas to to a h...

 1. BITTE THE BULLET Meaning: to perform a painful task or endure an unpleasant situation Origin: In the 1800's, patients would literally bite on a bullet to cope with the pain of having surgery before anesthesia was common.  2. JUMP THE SHARK Meaning: the moment when a form of entertainment reaches a decline in quality by including gimmicks to maintain interest. Origin  : In the show "Happy Days" the character Fonzie literally jumps over a shark while water skiing, afterward, radio personality Jon Hein popularized the phrase "jump the shark" to describe the decline of the show. 3. MINDING YOUR P'S AND Q'S Meaning: to consciously ignore unwanted information Origin: The phrase "to turn a blind eye" is said to originate with the Admiral Horatio Nelson, who allegedly looked through his telescope using his blind eye to avoid signals from his superior telling him to withdraw from battle. * Horatio Nelson: 1758-1805 British flag officer in the Royal ...

 Where does the expression "put your John Hancock here...? 1. Named after the  American merchant and statesman John Hancock (1737-1793), the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.  According to legend, he signed his name in a bold fashion so that George III could read it.  Since then "a John Hancock is associated with a signature. A synonym for signature. 2. John Hancock's famous quote:  Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as liberty, without freedom of speech.  We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.  3, John Hancock, the president of the Continental Congress, has the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence.  4. The youngest signatories of the Declaration of Independence was Edward Rutledge (age 26) and the oldest was Benjamin Franklin (age 70) 5. Out of 200 copies that were printed by John Dunlap on the night of July 4, 1776, (via Thomas...

  1. The Declaration of Independence was not actually signed on July 4, 1776. The Second Continental Congress adopted it that day, but the 56 representatives did not take up the quill pen until August 2...nearly a month later. John Dunlap the official printer of Congress, worked all night and into the morning of July 5 to produce the "broadside" a large single-sided sheet, similar to a poster.   2. The only names that appear on the first copy are those of John Hancock, Congress president, and secretary Charles Thomson. 3. Thomas Jefferson was just 33 years old when he wrote the declaration but already a well-known and accomplished writer.  He received help from John Adams and Benjamin Franklin to draft the revolutionary document he called "an expression of the American mind." Jefferson  left explicit instructions that he wanted his gravestone to be inscribed, "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute o...