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The Charge of The Light Brigade Slides
The Charge of The Light Brigade Slides
2.A.WhyThedidsoldiers
the poet refer
should to theorders
question battlefield
shouldas Mouthalloforders
accept Hell?without questioning them
B. The soldiers are dead
3.What is the author referring to when he says “Jaws of Death”?
4.The soldiers followed orders without question. Do you think they are brave or
passive? Why?
IN THIS LESSON, SWBAT
1. Fill in the blanks in the poems with atleast 7/9
correct phrases
2. Answer atleast 9/12 comprehension questions
correctly
TASK 1 : AS A GROUP, FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT
PHRASES/ WORDS IN THE POEM (TCOTLB)
STANZA 1 Half a league, Half of league
1. Courage
2. War
3. Loyalty
4. Destruction
EXIT TICKET
A. Cannons
B. Guns
C. Swords
3. WHAT ARE THE WEAPONS USED
BY THE ENEMY?
A. Cannons
B. Guns
C. Swords
4. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BLUNDERED?
A. To be brave
B. To make a mistake
C. To be embarrassed
D. To be dismayed
5. WHO WAS THE PERSON WHO
BLUNDERED IN THE POEM?
A. The Commander
B. The Soldiers
C. The Enemy
6. WHICH PART OF THE STANZA SHOWS THAT
THE LIGHT BRIGADE WAS SURROUNDED BY
CANNONS?
}A
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
}B
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred
}C
7. WHICH LINE IN STANZA 3 SHOWS
THAT THE SOLDIERS WERE VERY
BRAVE?
A. “Stormed at with shot and shell”
B. “Into the jaws of Death”
C. “Boldly they rode and well”
D. “Volleyed and thundered”
8. WHAT SURROUNDED THE SOLDIERS WHEN
THEY ENTERED THE VALLEY?
A. Mountains
B. Cannons
C.Horses
9. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THESE LINES?
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
A. Cannons
B. Guns
C. Swords
3. WHAT ARE THE WEAPONS USED
BY THE ENEMY?
A. Cannons
B. Guns
C. Swords
4. WHO WAS THE PERSON WHO
BLUNDERED IN THE POEM?
A. The Commander
B. The Soldiers
C. The Enemy
5. WHICH PART OF THE STANZA SHOWS
THAT THE LIGHT BRIGADE WAS
SURROUNDED BY CANNONS?
}
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
A} B
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred
}
6. WHICH LINE IN STANZA 3 SHOWS
THAT THE SOLDIERS WERE VERY
BRAVE?
A. “Stormed at with shot and shell”
B. “Into the jaws of Death”
C. “Boldly they rode and well”
D. “Volleyed and thundered”
7. WHY DID THE POET REFER TO THE
BATTLEFIELD AS MOUTH OF HELL?
2. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BLUNDERED?
A. To be brave
B. To make a mistake
C. To be embarrassed
D. To be dismayed
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THESE LINES?
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
}
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
A} B
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred
}
17. WHAT DOES ‘THE VALLEY OF DEATH’ REFER
TO?
18. What do you understand from the line
“theirs not to make reply,
theirs not to reason why,
theirs but to do and die”
ANSWERS
1. A 9. A/B
2. B 10. B
3. C 11. A
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. C