The Best Part of Me

By Susie Rogers, ELA, 5th-8th

Students just completed the novel Restart by Gordon Korman. One of the main themes of this engaging and relatable book is bullying. In the novel, fellow classmates are bullied by Chase, the main character, for the way they look, their activities, and even their grades. As Chase gets a chance to redeem himself and become friends with the ones he bullied for so long, the idea of celebrating uniqueness in yourself and others was made. 

This lesson was the basis of their end of novel project, The Best Part of Me. Students were asked to choose one part of themselves that they liked the most and write a paragraph about it. We then took a picture to illustrate the best part of them! See how hair, eyebrows, birthmarks, shoulders, hands, head, eyes, tongue, and athleticism make this 5th grade class so special!