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L.Calvin Dillon, MEd., NBCT

calvin.dillon@sdhc.k12.fl.us

All content created and copyrighted by Calvin Dillon, 1998-2008. All rights reserved. All pages are hosted outside of the Hillsborough County Public Schools Server. For pages not created by the author or hosted offsite, you will be taken to a new window.

Questions and comments should be directed to the webmaster:calvin.dillon@sdhc.k12.fl.us

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Phone: 813-792-5130
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Steinbrenner High School
5575 W. Lutz Lake Fern
Lutz, Florida 33558

School site
SDHC Steinbrenner Website

TEST PREP

I teach English 2 as well as Intensive Reading III for Juniors who have yet to pass the FCAT Test. I also do private tutoring for standardized tests, especially SAT and ACT. Contact me at calvindillon@gmail.com for information about rates and availability.

(SAT/ACT PREP)

Test prep review - commas
Basic grammar
Intermediate Grammar
Advanced Grammar
Sentence Correction
College board - SAT
SAT - Calendar
SAT Question of the day
ACT Homepage
ACT Student Page

Vocabulary
freevocabulary.com
4Tests Online
Vocab Test Online
Freevocabulary.com - 5000 word list
Freerice.com - awesome game

FCAT

FCAT Explorer
How to login to FCAT Explorer
Advanced Reading Comp
Basic Reading Comp
Main Idea
FCAT Homepage
FCAT Sample Test books
FCAT Released Tests

READING

As a teacher of reading and a lifelong reader myself, I think it is vitally important that all teens read. To that end, here are some lists to help you match yourself with a book. You can also check out my LibraryThing to the right.

Recommendations

ALA Booklists
BBYA
Booklists for Young Adults
Dillon's Making the Match Page
Dillon's places to find books Page
Goddess of YA Literature

Libraries

Steinbrenner Media Center

Hillsborough Public Library Co-op
Internet Public Library

Author Sites

Chris Crutcher
Sarah Dessen
Sharon Draper
Alex Flinn
Neil Gaiman
Gail Giles
John Green
Ellen Hopkins
Maureen Johnson
Stephenie Meyer
Janet Tashjian
Alison Van Diepen
Ned Vizzini
Scott Westerfeld
Marcus Zusak

Books I have read

Searches for Books

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