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Lesson 2: Diggen's Point — Tress's World Before the Journey
California CCSS: Focus Standards
California CCSS: Supporting Standards
ELD Standards
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Today you will
Students will analyze how Sanderson develops character and theme through key details in Tress of the Emerald Sea.
Students will use textual evidence from Tress of the Emerald Sea to support written and oral analysis.
Students will use domain-specific Lumar and spore-sea vocabulary when discussing the text.
Essential Questions
How does Sanderson use textual evidence in this passage to develop theme and character in Tress of the Emerald Sea?
What does this scene reveal about power, agency, or identity?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
Tress of the Emerald Sea, Chapters 1-4: Tress's Life on the Island
Newsela Staff
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