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Lesson 4: Vin's First Burn — Discovering Allomancy
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 The Final Empire.
Students will use textual evidence from The Final Empire to support written and oral analysis.
Students will use domain-specific Allomantic vocabulary — Mistborn, Allomancy, Skaa, Atium — when discussing the text.
Essential Questions
How does Sanderson use textual evidence in this passage to develop theme and character?
What does this scene reveal about power, identity, or belonging in The Final Empire?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
The Final Empire, Chapters 5-6: Vin Learns to Steel Push
Newsela Staff
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