A Big Year
By Bob Kowalski

Would you go to the ends of the earth to see a bird? What if it were a really special bird: one with beautiful feathers, an entrancing call, or a silly dance? What if seeing that one special bird would allow you to win a contest?

If that contest doesn't get you on television or win you any cash prizes, would you still do it? For those who participate in the "Big Year," the honor of beating the previous record is the only reward they get or even want.

A "Big Year" is a year in which a person attempts to see as many different species of birds as possible within a particular region. For most in North America who participate in a "Big Year," this region is the lower 48 American states, plus Alaska, Canada, and a couple of French islands off the Canadian coast.

You may be thinking that looking at birds is silly, but just think about the numbers of the recent record holders and the commitment it takes to get these numbers. One recent "Big Year" winner managed to see 744 birds in one year, missing the record by just one bird. Big Year birders travel by train, plane, boat, car, bicycle, and of course, by foot. They can cover over 150 thousand miles to get numbers of sightings this high. They can also spend a small fortune.

Just to clarify, the birds these contestants are counting are the number that they see in a particular year. You see, the contest is based on an honor system. No pictures or other evidence is required as proof of a sighting. Most birders take great pride in their reputation and their abilities to see or hear and then identify a bird. Usually, important sightings of the rare birds needed to get counts in the 700s are visited by hundreds of birders. It is pretty hard to cheat your way to a record-breaking year, but in general, few are interested in cheating.

This honesty comes from the fact that most people who want to break such a record know the greatest rewards are not necessarily in winning. Such rewards are in being able to commit a year of your life to doing something you love. Rewards are found in seeing amazing, inspiring creatures like the California Condor or the Magnificent Frigate bird. Rewards also come in spending time with people who, like you, want to spend their time looking to the skies and trees for glimpses of emerald, crimson, or cerulean blue feathered jewels.

You don't have to be able to travel a continent to have a big birding experience though. Have a big month. Or a big weekend. Set a personal record, learn to identify the species that live in your part of the world, or try to learn the calls of just two species of birds. You will soon find looking at birds isn't such a strange way to spend your time.


Extra! Extra! Backyard Birding
Many schools, families, and young birders across the country participate in the "Great Backyard Bird Count." While not as long as a "Big Year," the "Great Backyard Bird Count" happens every year. It depends on birders and families across the country to watch feeders and other areas in their yards and count the number of birds they see. Unlike the "Big Year," the goal is not to see who can count the most birds. Instead, participants in this event work together to help bird experts get a good idea of how birds are doing. Participants are given checklists and enter their sightings on a website. Called a "citizen-science" project, this event is open to anyone, requires no travel, and happens every year over one weekend in February.


What is the main point of the paragraph that begins "This honesty comes from…" in "A Big Year"?
A "Big Year" offers many rewards beyond winning.
Beautiful and amazing birds are worthy of searching out.
Birds come in many shapes and colors.
Breaking records tends to keep people honest.

Explanation:

Big Year

By Bob Kowalski

Would you go to the ends of the earth to see a bird? What if it were a really special bird: one with beautiful feathers, an entrancing call, or a silly dance? What if seeing that one special bird would allow you to win a contest?

If that contest doesn't get you on television or win you any cash prizes, would you still do it? For those who participate in the "Big Year," the honor of beating the previous record is the only reward they get or even want.

A "Big Year" is a year in which a person attempts to see as many different species of birds as possible within a particular region. For most in North America who participate in a "Big Year," this region is the lower 48 American states, plus Alaska, Canada, and a couple of French islands off the Canadian coast.

You may be thinking that looking at birds is silly, but just think about the numbers of the recent record holders and the commitment it takes to get these numbers. One recent "Big Year" winner managed to see 744 birds in one year, missing the record by just one bird. Big Year birders travel by train, plane, boat, car, bicycle, and of course, by foot. They can cover over 150 thousand miles to get numbers of sightings this high. They can also spend a small fortune.

Just to clarify, the birds these contestants are counting are the number that they see in a particular year. You see, the contest is based on an honor system. No pictures or other evidence is required as proof of a sighting. Most birders take great pride in their reputation and their abilities to see or hear and then identify a bird. Usually, important sightings of the rare birds needed to get counts in the 700s are visited by hundreds of birders. It is pretty hard to cheat your way to a record-breaking year, but in general, few are interested in cheating.

This honesty comes from the fact that most people who want to break such a record know the greatest rewards are not necessarily in winning. Such rewards are in being able to commit a year of your life to doing something you love. Rewards are found in seeing amazing, inspiring creatures like the California Condor or the Magnificent Frigate bird. Rewards also come in spending time with people who, like you, want to spend their time looking to the skies and trees for glimpses of emerald, crimson, or cerulean blue feathered jewels.

You don't have to be able to travel a continent to have a big birding experience though. Have a big month. Or a big weekend. Set a personal record, learn to identify the species that live in your part of the world, or try to learn the calls of just two species of birds. You will soon find looking at birds isn't such a strange way to spend your time.

Extra! Extra! Backyard Birding

Many schools, families, and young birders across the country participate in the "Great Backyard Bird Count." While not as long as a "Big Year," the "Great Backyard Bird Count" happens every year. It depends on birders and families across the country to watch feeders and other areas in their yards and count the number of birds they see. Unlike the "Big Year," the goal is not to see who can count the most birds. Instead, participants in this event work together to help bird experts get a good idea of how birds are doing. Participants are given checklists and enter their sightings on a website. Called a "citizen-science" project, this event is open to anyone, requires no travel, and happens every year over one weekend in February.

What is the main point of the paragraph that begins "This honesty comes from…" in "A Big Year"?

A "Big Year" offers many rewards beyond winning.

Beautiful and amazing birds are worthy of searching out.

Birds come in many shapes and colors.

Breaking records tends to keep people honest.

Drag the tiles to the boxes to form correct pairs.
Match each sentence from an introduction paragraph of a literary analysis essay with the correct essay element.
Through the character of Mathilde,
Maupassant criticizes the human
tendency to care too much about
appearances.
Mathilde, who is married to a humble clerk,
is unhappy with her middle-class life. In an
attempt to appear rich and glamorous, she
borrows a diamond necklace from a friend
but ends up misplacing it. The struggle to
pay for the lost necklace traps Mathilde in
a life of poverty.
An Estonian proverb says, “Who does
not thank for little will not thank for
much.” This is especially true in the
case of Madame Mathilde, the
protagonist of French writer Guy de
Maupassant's short story “The Necklace.”

hook
arrowBoth
summary
arrowBoth
thesis
arrowBoth

Read the following excerpt from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

The Law of the Jungle, which never orders anything without a reason, forbids every beast to eat Man except when he is killing to show his children how to kill, and then he must hunt outside the hunting-grounds of his pack or tribe. The real reason for this is that man-killing means, sooner or later, the arrival of white men on elephants, with guns, and hundreds of brown men with gongs and rockets and torches. Then everybody in the jungle suffers. The reason the beasts give among themselves is that Man is the weakest and most defenseless of all living things, and it is unsportsmanlike to touch him. They say too—and it is true—that man-eaters become mangy, and lose their teeth.

What is the most important purpose of the narrator in this excerpt?

to explain that human beings are the weakest of all the animals in the jungle
to explain why Shere Khan will kill a human being instead of another animal
to explain why the animals of the jungle typically do not kill human beings
to explain how seriously all of the animals take the Law of the Jungle

Read the passage. Then, select the synonym of the word in bold.

1. Why is the relationship between Darry and Ponyboy a complicated one? Does it have to be that way? Support your answers with references to the text.


2.This novel was written several decades ago. What clues indicate that it is not set in the present day?


3.The Socs beat up Ponyboy at the very beginning of the novel. Why does the author choose to open the novel with this incident?


4.Marcia does not see any reason to throw away a perfectly good, free soda while Cherry throws hers away based on “the principle” of the matter.” What do these actions tell us about these two characters?

Write two paragraphs (6 sentences minimum per paragraph) on nature. Provide descriptive words for the natural world, its daily activity, and how it interacts with itself. Trees and wind. Waves and sand. Birds and other birds. Creatures and other creatures.

Read this excerpt from A Black Hole is NOT a Hole.

So much for experiencing a smallish black hole; you’d have no time for sightseeing. A visit to a bigger black hole could be more interesting. It might take a while for the major effects to kick in. As you drifted in from the event horizon toward the singularity at the center, you might get a chance to look around.

Which question would be relevant to ask about this excerpt?

What sort of sightseeing is there to do in a large black hole?
Why do larger black holes exert a greater force?
Why do smaller black holes exert a greater force?
What sort of sightseeing is there to do in a small black hole?

Hurry 20pts
Identify each sentence as either the topic or the theme of "The Three Little Pigs." Three pigs build houses from different materials and try to avoid a wolf. In the long run, taking the time to do something well, such as constructing a house from bricks, is better than taking a shortcut, such as building a house from straw.

. Which statement BEST describes the food you eat? A healthy, balanced diet gives your body the fuel it needs to do activities. Micronutrients can be produced in your body and can be taken in through eating food. Carbohydrates can be stored in your body for a long period of time. Oils are essential to eat in large quantities so that essential nutrients can be obtained.​

4. In three studies, we provided a test of how rudeness affects performance at the workplace. The results were all the same. They showed that rudeness reduced performance on routine tasks, as well as creative tasks. What does this excerpt infer?
(10 Points)

A. Rudeness should be against the law.

B. Rudeness can result in profit loss at the workplace.

C. Rudeness happens at every workplace.

D. Rudeness doesn’t really decrease routine performance tasks.

#7 What is the best description of the author’s purpose for writing this text?
A) to persuade readers to work for the United Nations
B) to inform readers about human rights violations that took place during World War II
C) to entertain readers with stories about Eleanor Roosevelt’s time in the White House
D) to inform readers about what the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is and why it is significant

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How would you use the heading in a text while reading?
A. to help summarize information in a text.
B. to identify important information or topics in a chapter.
C. to compare two topics.
D. to understand what something looks like.

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(please make the story long it need to fit into the box)
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Tiger rising is the book!

Explain Rob’s reaction in 2-3 full sentences.

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If there were 70 students in the class, how many of the students most likely got heads between 45 times and 60 times? Round your answer to the nearest whole number of students.

#4 Which sentences in the text best support this view? Select two options.
PICK 2!!

A) “Representatives from many countries, including China, France, Iran, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, served on the commission.”

B) “Some developing countries were more concerned with social and economic rights than they were with civil and political ones.”

C) “Another challenge Eleanor faced was that some commission members wanted to emphasize the rights of the individual, while others wanted to focus on the collective rights of a group.”

D) “But she also felt it was imperative that the United States set an example for the rest of the world by encouraging the elimination of discrimination.”

Select the sentence that quotes the passage correctly according to MLA guidelines.
A.
E.F Harkins writes, "Mr. Clemens was born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri" (43).
B.
E.F Harkins states, " . . . Mr. Clemens was a typical American" (43).
C.
E.F Harkin reports, "Mr. Clemens's mother was a remarkable woman" (43).
D.
E.F. Harkin says, " Mr. Clemens's humor will live forever" (43).

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2 King Dionysius’s question startled Damocles out of his reverie and sent a
cold chill up his spine. His thoughts were the same ones that had occupied
his mind ever since he had become a courtier. They were envious, bitter
thoughts toward this ruler who, as king of the wealthy city of Syracuse, had
everything his heart desired while he, Damocles, had to be content with
what the king chose for him to have. A
What does the word envious suggest about Damocles in paragraph 2 of “The Sword of Damocles”?



Group of answer choices

It suggests that he disrespects Dionysius.

It suggests that he is jealous of Dionysius.

It suggests that he dislikes Dionysius’s decisions.

It suggests that he is impatient with Dionysius’s decisions.

Flag question: Question 2
Question 21 pts
B
Which detail from paragraph 2 best supports the answer to Part A?

Group of answer choices

“King Dionysius’s question startled Damocles. . . .”

“. . . sent a cold chill up his spine.”

“His thoughts were the same ones that had occupied his mind. . . .”

“. . . as king of the wealthy city of Syracuse, had everything his heart desired . . .”

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What are the two kinds of procreation and how is one related to the stairs of love?
From the book Plato’s Symposium and the Speech of Socrates

Help me plz...............................................it would help alot

help me with this please
Story called Dreaming Black Boy

1.Identify and discuss two themes from the poem.

2. What do you think 'dreaming' means in the title ''Dreaming Black .

help me with them two

What do the details in paragraph 3 reveal about the author’s point of view? *

15 points

A The author thinks that clothing restrictions were less of a burden than the necessity of hard work.

B The author thinks that all women were treated unfairly regardless of economic status.

C The author thinks that poor women had more freedom of dress even though they had to work hard.

D The author thinks that the contrast between two classes of women had an effect on their advancement.


pg 3: While wealthier women were saddled with long skirts and restrictive corsets, those who were less well off worked anonymously in mills and factories. All in all, the result was the same. Except in a few instances, the public image of America was male. Politicians, soldiers, business leaders, and even the leading athletes in the new sports of baseball and football were all men. But the bicycle changed that. Suddenly, women were leaving their homes to cycle and socialize on country roads and city streets. Bicycle racers such as Louise Armaindo and Frankie Nelson had their exploits splashed all over the papers. Bicycle manufacturers, intent on mining an untapped market, showed female models in their advertisements. thanks to the wheel, women were starting to be seen and heard in public life.

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Read the excerpt from "The Quarrel" from "Stories from the Iliad."

Then Agamemnon said, “Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not thus outwit me. Are you to keep your own prize, while I sit tamely under my loss and give up the girl at your bidding? No—Achilles, I will come to your tent and take your own prize, the maiden Briseis.”

What effect does the word tamely have on the meaning of the excerpt from "The Quarrel"?

A: It suggests that Agamemnon thinks Achilles is insulting him.

B: It reveals Agamemnon is mighty and cannot be controlled.

C: It suggests that Agamemnon is afraid Achilles will overpower him.

D: It reveals that Agamemnon is trying to belittle Achilles.

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Write a sentence illustrating each of these rules.

1.The first word of every sentence must be capitalized.
2.Every proper noun (or name) needs to be capitalized.
3.Always write the word I as a capital letter, no matter where you use it.
4.Capitalize words that refer to relatives when using them as a name.
5.Capitalize a title such as Mr., Dr., General, or President.
6.Use a capital letter to begin each important word in the name of a place.
7.Use a capital letter to begin the name of a country, the name of a nationality, or a word made from the name of a country or nationality.
8.Capitalize days, months, and holidays, but not seasons.
9.Capitalize the first word of a direct quotation.
10.Capitalize the first word in every important word in the title of a book, a story, a poem, or a song.

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BRAINLY IF YOU DO IT RIGHT AND WITH EXPLANATION
In Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," how do readers know that fog is being compared to a cat?


It is directly called a cat.


It is shaped like a cat.


It sounds like a cat.


It moves like a cat.

Read the paragraph from Tina's research paper. She wants to use the most precise language for the topic.
Choose the most precise word or phrase in each group.Response area with 4 radio buttons within 2 groups.

With so many antibacterial products sold in stores, it may be surprising to learn that some bacteria are ,begin bold, [beneficial to / good for] ,end bold, health and wellness. This is because the human body is full of microorganisms, including bacteria. Most of these microorganisms help maintain healthy levels of nutrients within the body. Many live in the body's intestinal tract, more commonly referred to as the gut. Recent advances in scientific technology have given scientists a greater ability to study gut microbiota, or the composition of microorganisms that dwell in the human intestinal tract. These studies show a ,begin bold, [correlation / relationship] ,end bold, between certain kinds of bacteria and increased wellness, including stronger immune systems and decreased inflammation.


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