Restart by: Gordon Korman

Title:  Restart

Author:  Gordon Korman

Lexile Level: 730L

Recommended for

Ages 8 - 12 Years

Third - Seventh Grade

Summary

The book titled Restart by: Gordon Korman is book that focuses on a thirteen-year-old boy named Chase. He falls off the roof  and loses his memory, including his own name.

this book focuses on Chase re-discovering himself as a person and identity of who he wants to be after the accident. This book is written in a first person narrative, which allows the reader to become engaged and understand Chase’s feelings about losing his memory and the struggles that he overcomes. In addition, this text includes  first person narratives from other characters, which allows the reader to understand the other characters’  thoughts as well as how other individuals are effected by Chase’s lose of memory, within the story.

Learning Standards

“ 3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.”

Source: Reading Standards for Literature K–5: Grade 3 students)

Learning Goal

Students will identify story elements (e.g. setting, characters, etc.) and the causes and effects present in a text.

Learning Objectives

•   Students will identify story elements (e.g. setting, characters, etc.) and describe characters in a text present in the text titled Restart by Gordon Korman. (Cognitive)

•   Students will create a timeline in order to demonstrate their understanding of the causes and effects that are present in this text. (Psychomotor)

Learning Activity

In this learning activity, students will be in groups of three students. Each group will focus on identifying key details and events that are present in the text, relating to Chase’s memory. Students will create a timeline in order to demonstrate their understanding of the causes and effects that are present in this text. 

Students will be assessed based on their understanding of the cause and effects present in the text through the creation of their timeline, their teamwork and their creativity in the presentation of their timeline.

Learning Outcome

Students will understand the story elements and the causes and effects that occur to Chase in the text titled Restart by: Gordon Korman.

Selling Tool: Poster 

References

Korman, G. (2017). Restart. New York: Scholastic Press, p.256.

Lexile Levels Made Easy. (n.d.). Retrieved December 7, 2017, from http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/book-selection-tips/lexile-levels-made-easy

Mid-Hudson Library System --Restart / by Gordon Korman. Retrieved  December 4, 2017 from http://search.midhudsonlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2288302__Srestart%20by%20gordon%20korman__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&suite=cobalt

New York State P-12 Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy. (n.d.). Retrieved December 9, 2017, from https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-p-12-common-core-learning-standards-for-english-language-arts-and-literacy