Laurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the storyWednesdayMainconflictby keepingthe settingoutside ofthe schoolironyforeshadowingLaurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeetingindependentchildinnocence“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”Thursday“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”OnlynamesLaurie andCharlesanaphoraanexampleofinferenceDeception,innocenceandidentityOblivious“Because she triedto make him colorwith red crayons.”“He wanted tocolor with greencrayons so he hitthe teacher…”“It’ll be all right…Bound to bepeople likeCharles in theworld. Might aswell meet themnow as later.”discussing 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.” Laurie  FirstpersonperspectiveFridayLaurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”rebelliousrenouncekickedandfreshLaurieinventsCharlesLaurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the storyWednesdayMainconflictby keepingthe settingoutside ofthe schoolironyforeshadowingLaurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeetingindependentchildinnocence“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”Thursday“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”OnlynamesLaurie andCharlesanaphoraanexampleofinferenceDeception,innocenceandidentityOblivious“Because she triedto make him colorwith red crayons.”“He wanted tocolor with greencrayons so he hitthe teacher…”“It’ll be all right…Bound to bepeople likeCharles in theworld. Might aswell meet themnow as later.”discussing 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.” Laurie  FirstpersonperspectiveFridayLaurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”rebelliousrenouncekickedandfreshLaurieinventsCharles

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