MainconflictinnocenceLaurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeetingObliviousironyLaurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the storykickedandfreshOnlynamesLaurie andCharlesforeshadowingWednesdayDeception,innocenceandidentity“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”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.”“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.”anaphora“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”Laurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”FridayThursdayanexampleofinferencerenounce“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”rebelliousindependentchildFirstpersonperspectiveby keepingthe settingoutside ofthe schoolLaurieinventsCharles Laurie  MainconflictinnocenceLaurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeetingObliviousironyLaurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the storykickedandfreshOnlynamesLaurie andCharlesforeshadowingWednesdayDeception,innocenceandidentity“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”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.”“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.”anaphora“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”Laurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”FridayThursdayanexampleofinferencerenounce“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”rebelliousindependentchildFirstpersonperspectiveby keepingthe settingoutside ofthe schoolLaurieinventsCharles Laurie  

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