The poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” is based on a newspaper report of the battle of Balaklava from the Crimean War. This war took place from 1853-1856, and involved Great Britain, France, and Turkey fighting against Russia. Writing a news report means finding details and writing a heading to catch a reader’s attention. Use the Text Editor to write your own newspaper report of this same Battle of Balaklava. Reread “The Charge of the Light Brigade” for the details that you should include in the body of your news report, and use specific evidence from the text to support your desсrіptions. Remember that a news report is factual writing and the text should provide the answers to Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How for the event: Who was fighting? What was happening? When and where was it happening? Why were these events happening?
