Reading
Lesson 5: Navani's Science — Fabrials as Acts of Resistance
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 Navani's scientific work reveal about the relationship between knowledge, power, and resistance?
How does the Recreance ask readers to evaluate whether breaking a promise can ever be justified?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
Oathbringer, Chapters 18-20: Navani's Fabrial Research — Science as Resistance
Newsela Staff
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