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Lesson 1: An Ordinary Hero — Tress Leaves the Island
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 Tress of the Emerald Sea.
Students will use textual evidence from Tress of the Emerald Sea to support written and oral analysis.
Essential Questions
What makes someone a hero — and does it require superpowers, or just the willingness to try?
How does Sanderson use Tress — an ordinary cup-washer — to challenge the fairy-tale idea that heroes are born special?
Texts used in this lesson
Novel
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson
