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__**Part II**__: Follow the steps listed at the bottom of this page in order. Use the words provided under the different categories to help you write your paragraph. If you would like, add your own words to the categories. If appropriate, you may use more than one word from each column.
 * __Part I__**: Using this file, you will complete the following chart:
 * Types of Sieges || Advantages || Disadvantages ||

Secluded hillside Middle East Europe Cliff
 * **LOCATION**

Biting wind Bleak Blizzard conditions Slightly breezy Very damp and chilly Clammy Clear and sunny Cloud Deluge of rain || **PEOPLE IN CASTLE** Constables Soldiers Garrison Knights Archers Priest Prisoners of war
 * WEATHER**

Bombard on wheels carriage Mortar Cannon Organ gun Pavise Bombard trebuchet Archer’s stakes Two wheeled baggage || **CAMP SCENES** Peasant men, women, children standing, sitting, walking around Tent with fire and seated soldiers Horses eating/drinking Campfires with cauldrons hanging on tripods Mounted commanders supervising troops
 * SIEGE WEAPONS**

Using a battering ram Moving a belfry tower close to the castles battlements Firing a trebuchet Draining the castle’s moat Firing flaming arrows Launching the mangonel Hurling large boulders Using the battering ram || STEPS (Make sure to use transitions between steps.) 1. Write one or more sentences introducing by name the castle under attack (use your own words for the name), and describing the location of the castle. 2. Write one or more sentences describing the weather conditions. 3. Write one or more sentences describing the siege weaponry being used. 4. Write one or more sentences describing the different attack methods. 5. Write several sentences describing the people in the castle. Provide specific details about their appearance and the activities they are doing, their emotions during the siege, concerns they have. 6. Write one or more sentences describing the sounds you might hear near or in the castle. (Use your own words for this step.) 7. Write one or more sentences describing the camp scenes inside and outside the castle. 8. Write a concluding sentence.
 * ATTACKING A CASTLE**