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Lesson 1: Ash Falls and Hope Survives — Entering the Final Empire
California CCSS: Focus Standards
California CCSS: Supporting Standards
ELD Standards
In this lesson
Today you will
Students will analyze how Sanderson develops character and theme through key details in The Final Empire.
Students will use textual evidence from The Final Empire to support written and oral analysis.
Essential Questions
What does the world of ash, mist, and oppression in The Final Empire tell us about what hope costs under a system designed to destroy it?
How does belonging to a despised group shape a person's sense of what's possible for themselves?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson
