Reading
Lesson 2: Ruin's Voice — When Entropy Whispers in Your Head
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 Hero of Ages.
Students will use textual evidence from The Hero of Ages to support written and oral analysis.
Students will use domain-specific vocabulary — Ruin, Preservation, Hemalurgy, Catacendre, Harmony — 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 Hero of Ages?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
The Hero of Ages, Chapters 1-3: Vin Hears Ruin
Newsela Staff
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