Reading
Lesson 2: Shallan's Personas — Performance, Identity, and Survival
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
How does Sanderson use this passage to develop the theme of identity — chosen, performed, or imposed?
What does this scene reveal about the way power is maintained through propaganda, deception, or violence in Roshar?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
Words of Radiance, Chapters 3-5: Shallan Constructs a New Identity
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