Laurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the story“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”“Because she triedto make him colorwith red crayons.”“He wanted tocolor with greencrayons so he hitthe teacher…”Fridayby keepingthe settingoutside ofthe schooldiscussing Charles’sbehavior. For example, hesaid, “The teacher spankeda boy, though,...”, “…forbeing fresh…””He wasfresh. The teacher spankedhim and made him stand ina corner. He was awfullyfresh.”“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”innocenceMainconflictOblivious“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”renounceLaurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeetingindependentchildLaurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”Deception,innocenceandidentityanaphora“It’ll be all right…Bound to bepeople likeCharles in theworld. Might aswell meet themnow as later.”foreshadowingWednesdayironyThursday Laurie  rebelliousFirstpersonperspectiveLaurieinventsCharlesanexampleofinferencekickedandfreshOnlynamesLaurie andCharlesLaurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the story“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”“Because she triedto make him colorwith red crayons.”“He wanted tocolor with greencrayons so he hitthe teacher…”Fridayby keepingthe settingoutside ofthe schooldiscussing Charles’sbehavior. For example, hesaid, “The teacher spankeda boy, though,...”, “…forbeing fresh…””He wasfresh. The teacher spankedhim and made him stand ina corner. He was awfullyfresh.”“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”innocenceMainconflictOblivious“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”renounceLaurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeetingindependentchildLaurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”Deception,innocenceandidentityanaphora“It’ll be all right…Bound to bepeople likeCharles in theworld. Might aswell meet themnow as later.”foreshadowingWednesdayironyThursday Laurie  rebelliousFirstpersonperspectiveLaurieinventsCharlesanexampleofinferencekickedandfreshOnlynamesLaurie andCharles

Charles by Shirley Jackson - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Laurie's description of Charles at the beginning of the story
  2. “…he renounced corduroy overalls…,” he was a “long-trousered, swaggering character who forgot to stop at the corner and wave goodbye…,”
  3. “Because she tried to make him color with red crayons.” “He wanted to color with green crayons so he hit the teacher…”
  4. Friday
  5. by keeping the setting outside of the school
  6. discussing Charles’s behavior. For example, he said, “The teacher spanked a boy, though,...”, “…for being fresh…””He was fresh. The teacher spanked him and made him stand in a corner. He was awfully fresh.”
  7. “Charles?” she said. “We don’t have any Charles in kindergarten.”
  8. innocence
  9. Main conflict
  10. Oblivious
  11. “Charles,” Laurie yelled all the way up the hill, “Charles was bad again.”
  12. renounce
  13. Laurie’s mother’s purpose for wanting to attend the PTA meeting
  14. independent child
  15. Laurie “grinned enormously and said, ‘Today Charles hit the teacher.’”
  16. Deception, innocence and identity
  17. anaphora
  18. “It’ll be all right…Bound to be people like Charles in the world. Might as well meet them now as later.”
  19. foreshadowing
  20. Wednesday
  21. irony
  22. Thursday
  23. Laurie
  24. rebellious
  25. First person perspective
  26. Laurie invents Charles
  27. an example of inference
  28. kicked and fresh
  29. Only names Laurie and Charles