1. What was the doctor’s diagnosis of Chase? What illness or injuries did he have?

2. What was the only thing that Chase could remember from before his accident? What do you think it means?  

3. Compare and Contrast: Chase’s parent’s reactions to his diagnosis. Provide specific examples. 

4. Why did Joel have to move to Melton? What did his father say was the reason? 

5. Why didn’t the principal, Dr. Fitzwallace, suspend Chase for what he did to Joel? 

• Text-to-Self: Have you or someone you know ever witnessed someone being bullied like Chase had harmed Joel. Name an example. How did it make you feel? How does this relate to Shoshanna’s actions? 

• “I’m like a computer with it’s hard drive wiped clean. You can reboot it and the operating system works fine. But when you look for a document or file to open, nothing’s there.” (p. 3) Explain the quote. What was the author talking about while using this figurative language? 

• Chase: Character Traits: List 3 things we discover about Chase’s personality. Provide specific evidence from the text. 

1. Who does Chase discover are his two best friends?

2. How do Chase’s friends react to his news of his condition? What is their main concern? 

3. What does Bear mean by “you can say that again” (p. 26), after the principal explains to Chase that they have met several times before? 

4. What do Aaron and Bear do to Brendan once they realize he is sitting with Chase for lunch? 

5. How do you think Chase feels about his “best friends”? Provide specific examples to explain how you know.

• Text-to-Self: In these chapters, Chase goes back to school for the first time after the accident and he feels “new” even though he has been there many times. Have you ever felt “new” at either a new school, sport or club, and everyone else seemed to know each other? Describe how you felt. 

• WOW Quotes “This is the land of the carnivores, where lesser animals fear to tread” - Brendan (p. 29) Explain the quote. What was the author talking about while using this figurative language? 

• *Spotlight Character* Bear: Character Traits: List 3 things we discover about Bear. Provide specific examples from the text. 

• FOCUS: Setting! The setting is the backdrop of the story, it helps to set the mood! In Chapter 4, Brendan describes the lunchroom and relates it to the jungle. Map out Brendan’s description of how the different groups of students (or “wildlife”) are organized on pg. 28-29. Be creative and add your own inferences of what other “cliques” would be included in the lunchroom! 

1. How did Helene react to Chase saving her from falling?

2. Why did Chase, Aaron and Bear earn the punishment of community service? How did Chase react to the news? 

3. Compare and contrast Aaron and Bear’s, and Chase’s mother’s perspective on what happened in the auditorium. Why might their stories differ? 

4. What did Chase help Brendan with for school? What was the result? 

• Get Connected! Text-to-Self: In this week’s chapters, we learned about Chase’s reputation (other people’s opinion of him) and how different groups viewed him differently. List 3 people/groups in your life and how they view you. 

• WOW Quotes “I swear he’s like a kindergartener who’s just been handed the world’s most intricate balloon animal” (p. 53) The author is using figurative language to show how excited Chase was. Provide an example, using figurative language, to describe someone who is very angry. 

• *Spotlight Character* Brendan: Character’s Perspective: What is Brendan’s reputation at school? Provide specific examples from the text. 

• FOCUS: Visualization! Visualization is the creation of mental pictures while we read to make reading more personal and memorable. Just like viewing your book like scenes in a movie! Choose one scene from the novel and draw a picture of what you were visualizing while reading 

1. Who is the faculty advisor of the video club?

2. How did the video club react to Brendan’s video?

3. What does Chase remember from before the accident while he is watching the football game with his Dad and Helene?

4. What do Aaron and Bear call the residents at the nursing home? How do they treat them?

5. Why did Aaron and Bear get pizza in Chapter 9? 

• Text-to-Self OR Text-to-Text: At the nursing home, Chase learns many “war stories” and other tales from the residents. Tell me about a story one of your grandparents remembers from when they were younger, or a tale of an earlier time you have seen in a movie or read in a book. 

• WOW Quotes “But it’s a small price to pay for being able to sleep at night.” - Chase (p. 79) Explain the quote. What did Chase mean when he thought this? What was the “small price to pay”? 

• *Spotlight Character* Chase’s Father: Character Traits: List 3 things we discover about Chase’s Father’s personality. Provide specific evidence from the text. What do you believe Chase’s father expects of Chase? 

• FOCUS: Point of View! Everyone’s point of view is different! Point of view is the way a person or character “sees” a situation. Think about the story event from this week’s chapters. Describe each character’s viewpoint of the situation. Story Event: Mrs. Swanson, a nursing home resident with dementia, gives Aaron, Bear and Chase $20 because she is confused and believes that they are room service at a fancy hotel. The boys take the money. 

• Chase’s Viewpoint: 

• Aaron’s Viewpoint: 

Imagine that you experienced this same event. How would you feel and react if you and your friends took the money? Compare your point of view with the other two characters. 

1. Who saved Brendan from the football team? What is the team’s reaction? 

2. Why does Kimberly think “this has to be the best day ever”? (p. 86)

3. How does Aaron describe the “new Chase”? 

4. What does Chase remember while looking through old photos with his Mom?

5. Predict: What “valuable” item do you think Chase has that belongs to both him, Bear and Aaron?

• Get Connected! Text-to-Text: In this week’s chapters, there is a lot of conflict between the different “cliques” or groups in the school, especially between the “jocks” and the “video club nerds”. Describe another example of this that you have read or seen in a different text.

• WOW Quotes “I’m getting the sense that, before my accident, I was kind of Mr. Happy Face at my school.” - Chase (p. 96) Explain the quote. What did Chase mean when he said this to Mr. Solway?

• *Spotlight Character* Kimberly: Character Traits: List 3 things we discover about Kimberly. Provide specific evidence from the text. 

• FOCUS: Main Events! Main events are the most important events in a story. What are the main events in this week’s chapters? Draw a picture for each event and write a quick summary of the event. Make sure your events are in order! 

1. Why does Shosh lie to Joel about who told her about Mr. Solway?

2. What is Mr. Solway’s reaction to being asked to be part of the video contest? 

3. Give an example from the text to support why Chase believes that Mr. Solway was the “class clown” in the army.

4. Predict: What do you think happened to Mr. Solway’s medal?

5. What is Brendan’s plan to get Kimberly to notice him?

• Get Connected! Text-to-Self OR Text-to-Text: Brendan is always doing crazy stunts to “go viral” on YouTube. Provide an example of a silly (but safe) video you have created or one that you have seen on YouTube. 

• WOW Quotes “If you want to spend your time with people who curse the day you were born instead of your best friends – it’s not like we can stop you.” - Aaron (p. 1 15) Explain the quote. Who is Aaron talking to and about? How do you think the person felt hearing this?

•  *Spotlight Character* Shoshanna: Character Traits: List 3 things we discover about Shoshanna. Provide specific evidence from the text.

• FOCUS: Summarization! A summary outlines the characters, setting, problem, events and solution of a story. Create a comic to summarize this week’s events in “Restart”. Include pictures, captions and quotes from the main events of the novel in order. 

1. Who do Chase and Shosh run into at “Heaven on Ice”? What is the result?

2. Describe Joel’s explanation of what it is like to be bullied.

3. How does Joel react to Chase’s apology?

4. Why does Chase describe lunch as “the most stressful part of my day”? 

5. Compare and Contrast: The first time compared to the last time Chase goes to the Weber’s house in Chapter 19.

• Get Connected! Text-to-World: On p. 193, Joel describes his experience with bullying and how the school and his classmates react his situation. Describe how this relates to the real world. Provide 2 examples of how you can help prevent this problem in your world.

• WOW Quotes “I blow my stack.” - Joel (p. 1 34) This is an example of an idiom. An idiom is a phrase that has a different meaning than what is being said. Explain the literal meaning of this idiom. Provide an example of another idiom.

• *Spotlight Character* Joel: Character Traits: List 3 things we discover about Joel. Provide specific evidence from the text.

• FOCUS: Perspective! Good readers have the ability to see from different perspectives. Perspective is the way a character “feels” about a certain situation. Pick a character and write a diary entry from their perspective, of a main event in this week’s chapters. Dear Diary,

1. What was the reason for the assembly?  

2. What is Brendan’s next “viral video” about? 

3. How did Aaron, Bear and Chase end up in the principal’s office? Provide details of their actions. 

4. What did Chase tell the principal after getting in trouble in his office? How did this make him feel? 

5. What was the conclusion of Chase’s doctor appointment at Dr. Nguyen’s office? 

• Get Connected! Text-to-Text: In this week’s chapters, Chase is “framed” for the disaster in the music room when he had no part in it. Describe an example of someone being “framed” that you have read or seen in a different text.

• WOW Quotes “Dad says the old Chase is back. I wanted that once. But right now, the new Chase is the life I’d rather have. But I’ve lost that too.” - Chase (p. 1 78) Explain the quote. Why do you think Chase feels this way?

• *Spotlight Character* Mr. Fitzwallace: Mr. Fitzwallace, the school principal, always sides with and protects Aaron, Bear and Chase. Why do you believe he does this? What character trait does this show?

• FOCUS: Figurative Language! Good authors use metaphors and similes to help readers picture situations in the text. A Metaphor compares two different things saying that one thing is the other. A Simile also compares two different things but uses comparison words such as “like” or “as”. Carefully read through each of the quotes from “Restart” below and decide whether they are metaphors or similes. Underline the two things being compared and circle the “is”, “like” or “as” Explain the use of the quote! 

1. “[The assembly] is like a Get Out of Jail Free card for a whole morning of classes”

2. “Chase is a statue, eyes wide” 

3. “There is a bowling ball in my throat, and I can’t seem to clear it away” 

4. “…throwing the flutes like mini javelins” 

5. “Sheet music is scattered like autumn leaves” 

1. Compare and Contrast: Shosh and Brendan’s views of Chase’s innocence of the music room disaster. Whose view was right

2. Why does Chase say, “But if they expect us to be the Three Musketeers again, they can forget it” (p. 186)?

3. What important action does Chase forget from his past that proves to Aaron and Bear that he really does have amnesia?

4. What was the inspiration for Brendan’s next video? 

5. What does the video footage Brendan finds left on the camera show? Why is this important? 

• Text-to-Self: In this week’s chapters, Chase realizes that “you can be an athlete and a video club member at the same time” (p. 185). Tell me about your talents or passions. Are any of them different than what people would expect?

• WOW Quotes “He’s like a cobra. He lured us in until we trusted him. Then he struck.” - Shoshanna (p. 182) What type of figurative language is being used by the author? How do you know? (Think of the figurative language we learned last week). Explain the quote.

• *Spotlight Character* Aaron: Character Traits: What does Aaron do to try to win Chase back and get his attention? What does this show about his personality?

• FOCUS: Character Development! Throughout the novel, there are many big changes and personal growths within the characters, this is character development. Chase made some of the largest growths in the novel. Draw a picture of how you visualize Chase at the beginning and end of the novel. Explain his character traits before and after his accident, and why he changed. 

1. Where did Chase’s memory of the image of the little blond girl in the blue dress come from?

2. Quick Summary: In 1-3 sentences, summarize Chase’s memory of how and why he fell off the roof and caused his accident.

3. What was Joel’s reaction to the “One Man Band” video footage?

4. Why did Chase miss the meeting at Brendan’s house? 

5. Where is Mr. Solway’s medal of honour at the end of Chapter 27?

• Get Connected! Text-to-Text OR Text-to-World: In this week’s chapters, Joel overcomes his pain from being bullied. He even states, “I’ve been victimized, but I don’t have to let that define me as a victim” (p. 212). Explain another character from a text you’ve read or a person in real life that has overcome hard times like Joel. 

• WOW Quotes “We’re going to get you even if we have to stand here until the next ice age.” - Aaron (p. 217) This is an example of a hyperbole. A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement that should not be taken literally. Explain the meaning of this hyperbole. Provide an example of another hyperbole.

• *Spotlight Character* Shoshanna and Joel Weber: Character Relationship: Describe the relationship between Shoshanna and Joel. Provide specific evidence from the text.

• FOCUS: Character Analysis! Yearbook Edition The video club needs your help in creating their video yearbook! Choose 4 characters from the novel and draw a picture of what you visualize their yearbook photo would look like. Then, create a “Most Likely To” statement about the character that fits your character analysis and explain why. 

1. How is Chase saved from Aaron and Bear

2. What is the result of Chase telling the truth about stealing the medal of honor before his accident?

3. Compare and Contrast: Chase’s emotions entering the court when he was on trial for the cherry bomb crime, versus Chase’s emotions entering the court for stealing the medal.

4. What was the verdict (or conclusion) of Chase’s trial? Why?

5. In Chapter 30, the narrator, Brendan, is concluding the novel to show that everyone had a “happy ending”. Provide 3 examples of the “happy endings” in this chapter.

• Get Connected! Text-to-Self: Now that you have completed “Restart”, describe one event or character that you relate to within the novel. Tell me why.

• WOW Quotes On the cover of novel there is a catch phrase that states, “Lose your memory, find your life”. Explain this quote. Why do you think the author chose to use this on the cover?

• *Spotlight Character* Choose ANY Character (Besides Chase!): Character Development: Describe how this character had changed throughout the course of the novel. Provide specific evidence from the text to explain why or how the character changed.

• FOCUS: PLOT! Now that you have completed “Restart”, it’s time to look back on the novel and summarize what you’ve read. Create a Plot Diagram of the novel, including the setting, main characters, rising action events, climax, falling action events and conclusion of the story. 

Reflect on this book - tell me how you liked it.