Reading
Lesson 4: The Dueling Circuit — Honor as Political Weapon
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 Words of Radiance.
Students will use textual evidence from Words of Radiance to support written and oral analysis.
Students will apply foundational reading strategies — fluency, decoding, and vocabulary in context — while engaging with Words of Radiance.
Essential Questions
How does the Parshendi perspective challenge the human characters' assumptions about justice and freedom?
What craft choices does Sanderson make in this passage to build tension between a character's public self and private truth?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
Words of Radiance, Chapters 11-13: Adolin's Dueling Tournament Begins
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