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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Restart

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Use Restart by Gordon Korman to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

Restart is a story about second chances. In his bestselling novel, Gordon Korman takes his readers into the halls of Hiawassee Middle School where Chase Ambrose is redefining who is after suffering from amnesia. Told through the perspective of various middle school students, this story will captivate readers and prompt them to think about their own choices, friendships, and experiences with bullying and social justice. With this set of Book Club resources readers will track the perspectives of the characters in Restart and analyze how their unique perspectives influence the plot of the story.
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Instructional Overview

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Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes instructional background for perspective, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to host the Restart Book Club.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RL.6.1SL.6.1aRL.6.2SL.6.1bRL.6.3SL.6.1cRL.6.4L.6.6RL.6.5L.6.4aRL.6.6L.6.5RL.6.7RL.6.9RL.6.10W.6.8W.6.9
TEKS Alignment
  • 6.6A6.6B6.6C6.86.96.26A6.276.3A6.286.3B6.3C6.4
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Management Resources

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Management Resources

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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Meeting 1

The first book club meeting introduces the concept of perspective. Students will also learn to use a plot perspective map character perspectives throughout Restart.
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Meeting 2

The second meeting in the Restart Book Club is focused on identifying how the thoughts, dialogue, and actions of the characters create varying perspectives throughout the novel. Students will also learn about first-person point of view, which is what Gordon Korman used to narrate the novel.
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Meeting 3

In meeting three, students will explore the ways in which tension is built in a novel. Specifically Gordon Korman uses three ways of building tension to intensify the main character's problems.
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Meeting 4

During the fourth Book Club meeting, you will focus on the ways in which Mminor characters help to build the rising action in Restart.
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Meeting 5

Student interest is piqued by slowing down to evaluate the build up to the climax through a suspenseful introduction to a new character perspective in this meeting.
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Meeting 6

Students evaluate the effects of the impactful climax and return to the plot perspective map.
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Meeting 7

The final meeting helps students reflect on how the novel ends for each character. They're also given an opportunity to write their own perspective on Chase.
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Vocabulary Connections with Restart

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Vocabulary Connections with Restart

This set of vocabulary development resources for Restart highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • L.6.6L.6.4aL.6.5
TEKS Alignment
  • 6.2A6.2C6.2B
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Focus Assessment and Rubric

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Focus Assessment and Rubric

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with perspective.
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Running Record with Restart

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Running Record with Restart

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Restart. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.
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Management Resources - Spanish

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Management Resources - Spanish

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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About the Book

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Title: Restart
Author: Gordon Korman
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Themes: Award Winners, Bullying, Friendship
ISBN: 9781338053807
Publisher's Summary:
Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't remember hitting his head. He doesn't, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again . . . starting with his own name. He knows he's Chase. But who is Chase? When he gets back to school, he sees that different kids have very different reactions to his return. Some kids treat him like a hero. Some kids are clearly afraid of him. One girl in particular is so angry with him that she pours her frozen yogurt on his head the first chance she gets. Pretty soon, it's not only a question of who Chase is--it's a question of who he was . . . and who he's going to be. From the #1 bestselling author of Swindle and Slacker, Restart is the spectacular story of a kid with a messy past who has to figure out what it means to get a clean start.
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