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Unit 1: Voice, Self, & Agency — Warbreaker
Unit 1: Voice, Self, & Agency — Warbreaker
California CCSS: Focus Standards
RL.6.1
RL.6.6
W.6.9
RL.6.3
W.6.1
W.6.4
W.6.5
SL.6.1
SL.6.1a
SL.6.1b
SL.6.4
SL.6.5
SL.6.6
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ELD Standards
ELD.PI.6.6a
ELD.PI.6.1
ELD.PI.6.12a
ELD.PI.6.10a
ELD.PII.6.6
ELD.PI.6.5
ELD.PI.6.9
ELD.PI.6.12b
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Lessons
Overview
Lessons
Assessments
Additional Resources
All Lessons
(45 total)
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Lesson 1: Two Sisters, One Kingdom — Who Gets to Choose?
Spark
50 min
Lesson 2: Siri Arrives in T'Telir — The Wrong Princess
Reading
50 min
Lesson 3: Vivenna's Disguise — The Right Princess in the Wrong Place
Reading
50 min
Lesson 4: The Court of Gods — Breath, Power, and Performance
Reading
50 min
Lesson 5: The God King Susebron — Mute, Innocent, and Trapped
Reading
50 min
Lesson 6: What Breath Costs — Drabs and the Price of Giving
Reading
50 min
Lesson 7: Analytical Paragraph — Siri's Agency in the God King's Court
Writing
50 min
Lesson 8: Argumentative Writing — Is the Court of Gods Worship or Control?
Writing
50 min
Lesson 9: Personal Narrative — A Time I Found My Voice
Writing
50 min
Lesson 10: Writing Workshop — Synthesizing the Arc's Argument on Voice and Power
Writing
50 min
Lesson 11: Socratic Seminar — The Court of Gods: Worship or Control?
Academic discussion
50 min
Lesson 12: Mid-Unit Assessment — Analyzing Siri's Character Arc
Reading
50 min
Lesson 13: Independent Reading and Annotation
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 14: Revision Day — Strengthening Evidence on Voice and Agency
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 15: Vocabulary Workshop — BioChromatic Terminology
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 16: Lightsong the Bold — A God Who Doesn't Believe in Himself
Spark
50 min
Lesson 17: Lightsong Investigates — Comedy as Cover for Truth
Reading
50 min
Lesson 18: Vivenna's Identity Collapses — What She Was vs. What She Becomes
Reading
50 min
Lesson 19: Vasher and Nightblood — A Weapon That Destroys What It Cannot Understand
Reading
50 min
Lesson 20: Blushweaver's Game — Political Power in the Court of Gods
Reading
50 min
Lesson 21: Cross-Scene Analysis — Comparing Siri, Vivenna, and Lightsong's Arcs at Midpoint
Reading
50 min
Lesson 22: Argumentative Draft — Should Lightsong Embrace His Divine Power?
Writing
50 min
Lesson 23: Counterargument — What Vasher Would Say About Responsibility
Writing
50 min
Lesson 24: Revising for Evidence — Precision in Arguments About Sacrifice
Writing
50 min
Lesson 25: Writing Workshop — Voice and Audience in an Argument About Obligation
Writing
50 min
Lesson 26: Fishbowl Discussion — Is Lightsong Brave or Irresponsible?
Academic discussion
50 min
Lesson 27: Pre-Presentation Preparation — Lightsong's Arc and the Cost of Doubt
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 28: Group Presentations — Lightsong's Journey Toward Sacrifice
Presentation
50 min
Lesson 29: The Conspiracy Revealed — Bluefingers and War's True Shape
Reading
50 min
Lesson 30: Vasher's Secret — Who Is the Man Behind Nightblood?
Reading
50 min
Lesson 31: Sacrifice and Breath — What Does It Cost to Choose Someone Else's Life?
Spark
50 min
Lesson 32: Siri Confronts Bluefingers — Finding Voice at the Edge of War
Reading
50 min
Lesson 33: Vivenna Transformed — From Prepared Princess to True Agent
Reading
50 min
Lesson 34: Lightsong's Final Memory — What Divinity Actually Demands
Reading
50 min
Lesson 35: The God King Awakened — Susebron Takes His Power Back
Reading
50 min
Lesson 36: Lightsong's Sacrifice — A God Gives His Divine Breath Away
Reading
50 min
Lesson 37: Synthesizing Across POVs — What Warbreaker Argues About Power and Sacrifice
Reading
50 min
Lesson 38: Analytical Essay Draft — What Does Warbreaker Argue About Sacrifice?
Writing
50 min
Lesson 39: Weaving Evidence — Integrating Quotation and Analysis from Warbreaker
Writing
50 min
Lesson 40: Revising for Argument Clarity — Claim to Evidence to Warrant
Writing
50 min
Lesson 41: Final Revision and Polish — Preparing for Assessment
Writing
50 min
Lesson 42: Philosophical Chairs — Whose Sacrifice Cost the Most?
Academic discussion
50 min
Lesson 43: Final Presentation Preparation — Warbreaker Character Arc Analysis
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 44: End Unit Assessment — Power, Voice, and Sacrifice in Warbreaker
Reading
50 min
Lesson 45: Final Presentations — Character Arc Analysis in Warbreaker
Presentation
50 min