Reading
Lesson 3: Kaladin and the Skybreakers — Two Visions of Justice
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
What does this scene reveal about the way power is maintained through propaganda, deception, or violence in Roshar?
How does the Parshendi perspective challenge the human characters' assumptions about justice and freedom?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
Words of Radiance, Chapters 7-9: Kaladin and the Haunted Sky
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