“Closing Arguments” To analyze a speaker’s rhetorical appeals by conducting a CLOSE reading and completing a SMELL graphic organizer

Quickwrite Define justice and equality. What does it mean? What is the purpose or function? What is an example? What doesn’t count as justice or equality?

Close Reading Read the closing statements presented by Atticus (Page 273) Complete the SMELL Graphic Organizer while reading independently

Share Your Responses In small groups share your responses and citations you have collected Add any new examples to your SMELL graphic organizer

Writing Prompt Write a paragraph analyzing the use of appeals in Atticus’s closing argument. In your paragraph, relate you analysis to the idea of justice and equality.