Reading
Lesson 3: Shadesmar — The Cognitive Realm as Mirror of the Physical World
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 Oathbringer.
Students will use textual evidence from Oathbringer to support written and oral analysis.
Students will apply foundational reading strategies — fluency, decoding, and vocabulary in context — while engaging with Oathbringer.
Essential Questions
What does this scene reveal about the relationship between individual moral failure and systemic harm?
How does the Shadesmar setting change what the reader understands about the physical world and its costs?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
Oathbringer, Chapters 7-9: Shallan in Shadesmar — The Cognitive Realm
Newsela Staff
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