Reading
Lesson 5: Venli's Resistance — Choosing a Different Path Than Your People
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 Rhythm of War.
Students will use textual evidence from Rhythm of War to support written and oral analysis.
Students will apply foundational reading strategies — fluency, decoding, and vocabulary in context — while engaging with Rhythm of War.
Essential Questions
What does Kaladin's depression reveal in this scene about the cost of leadership and the limits of heroism?
How does Eshonai's flashback change what the reader understands about the choices that started the war?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
Rhythm of War, Chapters 18-20: Venli's Perspective — The Singer Who Chose Differently
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