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Lesson 3: Patji's Dangers — Nightmaws, Meekers, and the Island's Rules
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 Sixth of Dusk.
Students will use textual evidence from Sixth of Dusk to support written and oral analysis.
Students will use domain-specific island and Aviar vocabulary when discussing the text.
Essential Questions
How does Sanderson use textual evidence in this passage to develop theme and character in Sixth of Dusk (Isles of the Emberdark)?
What does this scene reveal about power, agency, or identity?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Isles of the Emberdark
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
Sixth of Dusk, Part 2: The Interior's Predators
Newsela Staff
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