Plz help but d umb it down for an 8th grader Imagine that you were a soldier at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 and writing an article of your experience for your hometown newspaper. It would be important for you to think about the strategy of the battle, the significant people involved, and the impact on how it changed the course of the war and the colonies. It would also be of great interest to have you write about your feelings of such an experience.