2. Write a newspaper article / report on an incident that happened in the novel. Be sure to do your research on the language features of a newspaper report. (Please click "read more" to read the full news report written by me)

The Maycomb Times

Mar 2, 1960

Great fire devoured a house
By Joe Chua Song Yang

Investigations are continuing into what caused a massive fire that destroyed a two-storey house in Maycomb in the snowOn 2nd March 1960, a two-storey house was devoured by the flames and Maycomb was engulfed by a 100ft plume of smoke on Tuesday morning. Minutes later, the whole house collapsed like a pack of cards. Fortunately, there was no casualty in the incident.

For the first time in more than a hundred years, snow falls in Maycomb County. But that night, Miss Maudie, who has been living in Maycomb for more than 10 years, had had her house being devoured by the flames of a great fire. In a few seconds, smoke engulfed the whole street and this created commotion between the residents. After a few minutes, some of the residents were brave enough and went forward to help Miss Maudie to stop the fire. Fortunately, before anyone was injured, a fire truck from Abbotsville screamed around the street and immediately helped to put off the fire in time to stop the fire from spreading to other houses, but Miss Maudie’s house was already burnt to the ground.

After the incident, when Miss Maudie was interviewed, she said:  " The snow was so cold and I was worried that this might freeze my plants. So I left the flue of my kitchen stove open before going to bed. But I had no idea who had put the fire."Despite having lost her house, Miss Maudie was still quite cheerful the next day. She said: "I really hated this old home that I actually wanted to set fire to it a hundred times myself. And I already had been planning to build a smaller house and plant a larger garden for my plants."



 
After the fire, investigations are being carried out to investigate the cause of this massive fire. However, some residents in Maycomb agreed Boo Radley who was also living in this street had intentionally set this fire.
 
Jem, twelve, agreed that Boo Radley was the culprit and said:  "I know that it is Boo. It is him as he was the only one not at the scene."Despite of the massive fire in Miss Maudie's house, this showed the unity and teamwork between the residents. When the commotion alarmed the residents, they all rushed out of their house and went forward to help. Miss Maudie's neighbors also helped her to save her furniture. Every single person was out there in the snow, in their pajamas, doing everything they could to help, whether it be removing furniture or helping to control the fire.

Police forensics officers and fire investigators have started to look for the cause of the fire which, at this stage, is not thought to be suspicious.