Assign a book, or allow your students to select a book to read over the summer. Avoid books that have been made into a movie, or books the student has already read. Ask students to make a memory bag relating to the story. The bag should contain either real or hand-drawn memories of items or situations found in the story. Place these items in a bag that has been decorated as if it were a cover to the book the student read. Have students fill out an index card for each of the items in the bag, explaining the role of the element in the story.
Arrange to have your students meet for a campout during the summer months. It may be possible to get your school to provide transportation. Have students who are attending read a book of their choice, which they will read, memorize and tell to other students in condensed form when everyone has gathered around the campfire. This is a good way for students to take in what they read and process it.
Ask students to select a book from a summer reading list, provided by the school, and to take the time to illustrate the book over the course of the summer. The illustrations don't need to be of artist quality, but they should encompass the main characters of the book and be arranged in a sequence that shows the students are aware of the order of events in the books they read.
Assign the same book to your students to read over the summer. Upon the return of the class in the fall, have students gather and plan a play based around the book. With your help, allow students to choose who will play which characters in the book and how the story will be told as a play. Plan for the play throughout the first few weeks of school, and perform it for the school before the next summer break.