Daily Lessons for Teaching A Thief of Time: A Novel

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Tony Hillerman, the author of "A Thief of Time," wrote fiction and non-fiction. The objective of this lesson is to discuss Tony Hillerman and his writing.

1) 1) Read biographical information about Tony Hillerman. Write the answers to these questions: When and where was Hillerman born? How many siblings did he have? What did his parents do? What was his given name? When did Hillerman serve...
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