Secondary Summer Reading

We strongly encourage students to choose and read books during the summer to prevent learning loss and boost academic growth for the upcoming school year. Students can achieve this by joining summer reading programs at their local libraries, exploring topics and genres that spark their interest, and developing critical thinking skills through discussions about their reading with family and friends.

LTISD does not require that students read specific books during the summer nor do we assign work based on summer reading. 

[AP Courses at the High School may have different requirements. Please the check campus websites and course catalogs.]

Throughout the school year, students will read across a variety of literary genres determined by the state standards and develop critical thinking skills by analyzing text meaning and exploring how authors communicate their messages. Below are some examples you can use to practice these skills as you read any time of the year:

Questions to Grow your thinking as you read...

Depending on the type of genre you are reading try a few of these discussion questions with your student.

1. What kind of person is the main character, and how does the author reveal that to you? 

2. What is the overall theme (message about life) that the author seems to be communicating? What is your evidence?

3. What are the author's goals for this writing? How can you tell?

4. How does the author communicate information about the character, plot, or setting?

5. What details helped you understand the story or information better?

6. What do you think will happen next? Why?

7. Did anything surprise you or seem confusing? Can you explain?

8. How did the author organize the information or story? Why do you think they chose that way?

English Language Arts and Reading (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Strand 5)

Multiple Genres: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing using Multiple Texts. Students recognize and analyze genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical and diverse texts.