Reading
Lesson 5: Hoid Narrates — What the Story's Frame Tells Us About Its Purpose
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 Yumi and the Nightmare Painter.
Students will use textual evidence from Yumi and the Nightmare Painter to support written and oral analysis.
Students will use domain-specific Komashi vocabulary when discussing the text.
Essential Questions
How does Sanderson use textual evidence in this passage to develop theme and character in Yumi and the Nightmare Painter?
What does this scene reveal about power, agency, or identity?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, Chapters 13-16: Hoid's Role as Storyteller
Newsela Staff
Read text
