Free Teacher Resources for the Reading Classroom
Help for High School Reading Teachers Using Class Sets of YA trilogy in the Classroom. Basic information here with details found in the listed links.
The St. Augustine Trilogy by Doug Dillon
A paranormal/historical series.
Set in current day St. Augustine, FL with time travel to actual historic events.
Written with at-risk kids in mind.
Premise: You Create Your Own Reality.
Already being used in high school readling classrooms.
Author’s background includes 14 years in the classroom and 5 years of working fulltime with at-risk young people and their families in the state of Florida.
The author does periodic book signings in the city of St. Augustine: Barnes and Noble, Ripley’s Believe it Or Not, the St. Augustine Visitor Information Center.
Description
Told in his own words, this paranormal/historical series is a very personal account of fifteen-year-old Jeff Golden’s explosive coming of age in America’s oldest and most haunted city, St. Augustine, Florida.
Join Jeff and his girlfriend Carla as they experience mind-blowing events that threaten to destroy their very existence.
Follow the two teens as Lobo, the Native American shaman, tries to protect them from powerful forces beyond understanding. Be there when Jeff and Carla discover the depths of reality as well as their own powers to reshape what they find.
The St. Augustine Trilogy
Book 1: Sliding Beneath the Surface 154 reviews on Amazon.com and reviewed by the St. Augustine Herald.
Book 3: Targeting Orion’s Children
The Free Resources for Reading Teachers Using the Trilogy in the Classroom
Detailed online Teacher’s Guide with extensive links.
A photo disk with pictures of St. Augustine, historical reenactments, character photos, trilogy graphics, author pics., etc.
A guide to the photo disk.
Consultation with author.
Click here to see more information on these resources and other details.
The following links take you to further posts that expand on the writing of the The St. Augustine Trilogy and the author’s intent for the series:
Reading Help for At-Risk Kids. An overview of the trilogy’s use in reading classrooms.
Reading Motivation That Worked. The original article published about the author’s efforts with the original teacher who used Book 1 of the trilogy with all of her students.
Katy Snyder – the first reading teacher in Florida to use the trilogy in her reading classes.
Reading Teacher Sparks Student Interest. An article from the first teacher to use the trilogy in her classes.
A book Series for the Reading Classroom. The multiple themes and threads woven into the series.
Main Characters in the St. Augustine Trilogy. A brief introduction.
The St. Augustine Trilogy and America’s Oldest City. The setting for the series in St. Augustine, Florida and how that provides a fascinating backdrop for action.
Pirates parade in the streets of old St. Augustine
The St. Augustine Trilogy & Historic Events. Specifies the actual historic events that happened in America’s oldest city that integral parts of the series.
Teaching History Through Young Adult Novels. An analysis.
Teaching Resilience Through Young Adult Novels. Targeting at-risk kids and the teachers who work with them.
Click the following in order to see the two trilogy novels presently in print, and their reviews, as currently listed on amazon.com:
