In the digital library, I found a resource for English 9 to accompany the student's reading of To Kill A Mockingbird, Chapter 20: Analyzing Atticus' Closing Argument as a Persuasive Text. This lesson helps guide students through Atticus' closing speech, analyzing it for rhetorical devices and elements of argumentation. Then, from the viewpoint of a courtroom spectator, students will write a letter to a friend explaining Atticus's most powerful persuasive technique. This is a wonderful lesson idea for our Freshman to put themselves in someone else's shoes and think critically about one of the most powerful moments in all of literature.
