Reading
Lesson 5: "Honor Is Dead" — Kaladin at the Arena
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 The Way of Kings.
Students will use textual evidence from The Way of Kings to support written and oral analysis.
Students will apply foundational reading strategies — fluency, decoding, and vocabulary in context — while engaging with The Way of Kings.
Essential Questions
What does the interaction between characters in this passage reveal about the cost of the caste system?
How does the imagery of highstorms and Stormlight reflect the novel's central themes?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
The Way of Kings, Chapter 13: Kaladin's Failed Rescue
Newsela Staff
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