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Lesson 2: Wax Leaves the Roughs — When the Past Calls You Back
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 Alloy of Law.
Students will use textual evidence from The Alloy of Law to support written and oral analysis.
Students will use domain-specific vocabulary — Twinborn, Coinshot, Roughs, Elendel, The Set — when discussing the text.
Essential Questions
How does Sanderson use textual evidence in this passage to develop theme and character?
What does this scene reveal about power, identity, or belonging in The Alloy of Law?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Mistborn: The Alloy of Law
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
The Alloy of Law, Chapters 1-2: Waxillium Ladrian Returns to Elendel
Newsela Staff
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