Middle School Summer Reading (2025): Rising 6th Grade

What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

As you read, consider how you will answer the following  prompts. Copy and paste the prompts into your document and complete in one to three sentences.

Good readers make connections.

1. A connection between the book and myself is ...
2. A connection between this book and something else I’ve read is ...
3. A connection between this book and the world (a historical or current event) is ...

Good readers ask questions.

1. What questions did you have before, during, and/or after reading?
2. I wonder… (What do you wonder now that you have read What Happened to Rachel Riley?)

Good readers visualize the text.

1. Pick a scene from the book and illustrate it. Write the page number(s) and describe the scene and characters in a paragraph. Scan or take a photo of your work and include it in your email. 

Choose another book to read.

Any genre is acceptable, including graphic novels, non-fiction, or novels in verse.

Using the “Letter to the Author” template, type a letter to the author in your Google document. You may change the sentence stems as they apply to your book or add sentences as needed.