Map Testlet 3 ELA Grade 8 2025

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It shows how Laybourne developed an interest in solving problems.

It indicates Laybourne found similarities between birds and vehicles.

It suggests Laybourne’s father wanted her to become a bird detective.

It emphasizes that Laybourne’s father deserves much credit for her success.

It makes Laybourne’s job at the Smithsonian seem exciting.

It implies luck played a role in Laybourne getting the Smithsonian job.

It suggests Laybourne planned to work at the Smithsonian prior to the call.

It indicates the Smithsonian job had a significant effect on Laybourne’s life.

Laybourne enjoys doing her work.

Laybourne struggles to solve some problems.

Laybourne is considering changing her career.

Laybourne is beginning a task that is unfamiliar

It demonstrates the difficulty of Laybourne’s job.

It shows how Laybourne became qualified for her job.

It highlights that Laybourne is passionate about her work.

It emphasizes Laybourne’s life’s work as a bird detective.

It suggests Laybourne has made many friends through her work.

It demonstrates the importance of Laybourne’s job.

It suggests that researchers’ technology has improved over time.

It indicates that airports are to blame for many problems birds face.

It shows the development of Laybourne’s career as a bird detective.

She struggled to find motivation in her childhood.

She gained knowledge from observations and practice.

She preferred to give assistance to airports rather than to farmers.

She studied science to win the approval of her father and employers.

The method of analysis that she developed, called “forensic ornithology,” is still used by bird detectives today.

Often, she could be found wandering around in the forest, carrying an issue of the magazine Bird-Lore and studying the birds she found.

To help support herself, she took a part-time job as a taxidermist at a museum in North Carolina.

As Laybourne worked, she noticed that there were very small differences in the feather structures of some birds that were closely related.

The FAA wanted to know what kinds of birds were flying into the engines so that they could find a way to prevent future collisions.