Reading
Lesson 5: Inside the Ghostbloods — Conspiracy and Power
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
What craft choices does Sanderson make in this passage to build tension between a character's public self and private truth?
How does this scene contribute to the novel's argument about whether oaths and obligations can coexist with deception?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
Short-Form Text
Words of Radiance, Chapters 16-18: The Ghostblood Conspiracy Revealed
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