GLTS Summer Reading Program 2026
GLTS Summer Reading Program 2026
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How It Works
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Read almost any book of your choice within these guidelines.
Recommendations for incoming freshmen.
Recommendations for grades 10-12.
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Complete the Summer Assignment where you will create a Book Talk about the book you read. Students in grades 10-12 will submit via Google Classroom.
Incoming freshmen will complete a Google Slide that will be uploaded to Google Classroom in September OR complete a paper copy. Learn more.
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Optional -- attend a Summer Support Session to get help with your assignment. Dates are below.
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Participate in the Summer Reading event this September where you will present your Book Talk to your class and learn about books your classmates have read!
Try our Reggies Read Pick!
Darkly by Marisha Pessl
A page-turning thriller with a haunted house atmosphere!
Arcadia “Dia” Gannon has always been fascinated by Darkly, a cult-classic board game company where the games are filled with eerie secrets and frightening puzzles. Darkly hasn’t made a new board game in decades, not since the founder of the company mysteriously died. Dia is shocked when she’s chosen to intern in London for Darkly's foundation. But the internship is not the boring office job she thought it would be. Instead, Dia and six other teenaged interns must solve a high-stakes mystery that will lead them through the crumbling Darkly factory and into Darkly’s secretive past. There Dia will question everything – including who these other interns are why they were chosen.
Need help with Summer Reading?
Attend a Summer Support Session.
Would you like help with your assignment for Summer Reading or a quiet place to read? If so, attend our optional Summer Support Sessions for Summer Reading. Teachers will be available to help you with your Summer Assignment, and you can also come to read your book. For the in-person sessions, you should bring your Summer Reading book if you have it and your Summer Assignment.
Session Dates:
Sessions are drop-in style -- you can attend as many as you would like. You do not need to sign up in advance.
Wednesday, August 5 -- Virtual on Zoom at 7pm
There will be an in-person session later in August at GLTS. The date is coming soon.
Want a book suggestion? Check out some
recommended reads.
Students can read any book of their choice as long as it meets these criteria.
It does not need to be from the lists below.
📙Recommended Reads for Incoming Freshmen
📙Recommended Reads for students entering grades 10-12
Your Assignment
Your Assignment
For your summer assignment, you will create a Book Talk about the book you read for Summer Reading. You will share your Book Talk with your classmates in September. A Book Talk is like a sales pitch for your book where you will try to persuade other students to read your book.
You must use the book talk template for your assignment. Students may be creative and change the format/ design of the template, but the slide must contain all of the required information.
Incoming freshmen will have the option to submit assignements online or on paper. Learn more here.
Students entering grades 10-12 will submit their assignments online.
Google Classroom Codes
Google Classroom Codes
Students entering grades 10-12 will join the Google Classroom for the grade they will be entering in September. This is where you will submit your summer assignment.
Students in grades 10-12 must submit their assignments on Google Classroom.
Students entering grades 10-12 will join the Google Classroom for the grade they will be entering in September. This is where you will submit your summer assignment.
Students in grades 10-12 must submit their assignments on Google Classroom.
Entering grade 10 join here -- code 3zgh355z
Entering grade 11 join here -- code jameketn
Entering grade 12 join here -- code 57a55mx3
Incoming freshmen will not be joining a Google Classroom until they begin school in September. The Google Classroom code for incoming freshmen is 4t7vio4h. Link to incoming freshmen Google Classroom. Incoming freshmen can submit assignemnts on paper or online using Google Classroom. Learn more here.
Your Grade
Your Grade
Summer Reading is Worth Two Learning Assignment Grades in your English Class.
Students will complete a graphic organizer over the summer which you will use to prepare you for your Book Talk that you will give to your classmates during the Summer Reading Event in September.
Your grade includes:
Summer Assignment -- 50 points
Book Talk during Summer Reading event in September-- 50 points
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