7th Grade Georgia Milestone Practice Part 1

For the Birds As you learn to enjoy the beauty of birdlife around your home, you may wish to improve the habitat in your yard so that more birds will visit your property. You can attract birds by placing bird feeders, nest boxes, and birdbaths in your backyard and by planting a variety of trees, shrubs, and flowers. These can provide good nesting sites, winter shelter, places to hide from predators, and natural food supplies that are available year-round. It doesn’t matter where you live—in an apartment, a townhouse, or a single-family dwelling in the city, suburbs, or country. Just stand still, and you’ll hear them—wild birds. It is hard to imagine life without them. Bird watching is one of the fastest growing forms of outdoor recreation in the country. Each year millions of people discover for the first time the joys of bird watching. It’s easy to understand why. Birds are fun to watch. And you can watch them just about everywhere. The most convenient place to start is right in your own backyard. All it takes to get their attention is food or water, a place to build a nest, and appropriate vegetation. When you want to attract a particular bird species and keep it returning to your backyard, what you do will be determined by where you live and the time of year. When the ground is covered with snow and ice, it’s hard to resist tossing seed out the door. But it’s healthier for the birds to get their handouts at a feeding station rather than off the ground. You can start simply with a piece of scrap wood elevated a few inches above the ground. Add a few holes for drainage, and you’ve built a platform feeder. It won’t be long before the birds find it. If too many birds at your feeder become a problem, you can control their numbers by putting out smaller amounts of seed or by using specialty seeds or restrictive feeders that will attract only certain species. If you fill your feeder only when it’s empty, the birds will look for food elsewhere.

Which is the BEST definition for the phrase relative seclusion as it is used in the excerpt from “Stop Feeding Wild Birds”? Natural food locations are scattered everywhere. Birds that have to look for food on their own can easily find it in places where they can eat in relative seclusion. At artificial feeding sites, however, the birds often have to compete.

• quiet

• shelter

• privacy

• isolation

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

passages that are stories, dramas, or poems

• Objective summary

• Literary texts

• Setting

• Figurative language

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text.

• theme

• plot

• inference

• characterization

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

idea or message is fully stated or revealed by the author

• explicit

• resolution

• personification

• central idea

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

lesson or message

• rising action

• conflict

• resolution

• theme

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CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

the most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage.

• central idea

• theme

• metaphor

• inference

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions

• summarization

• bias

• R.A.C.E

• objective summary

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The specific order of a series of events that form a story

• exposition

• plot

• climax

• resolution

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

the way an author develops a character over the course of a passage

• theme

• setting

• characterization

• point of view

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or the location

• plot

• setting

• resolution

• theme

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5