“Because she triedto make him colorwith red crayons.”“He wanted tocolor with greencrayons so he hitthe teacher…”kickedandfreshironyOnlynamesLaurie andCharlesMainconflict“It’ll be all right…Bound to bepeople likeCharles in theworld. Might aswell meet themnow as later.”renounceinnocenceThursdayindependentchilddiscussing 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.”Firstpersonperspectiveby keepingthe settingoutside ofthe school Laurie  Deception,innocenceandidentityFridayWednesdayLaurieinventsCharlesLaurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeeting“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”Laurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the storyanexampleofinference“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”anaphora“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”foreshadowingLaurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”Obliviousrebellious“Because she triedto make him colorwith red crayons.”“He wanted tocolor with greencrayons so he hitthe teacher…”kickedandfreshironyOnlynamesLaurie andCharlesMainconflict“It’ll be all right…Bound to bepeople likeCharles in theworld. Might aswell meet themnow as later.”renounceinnocenceThursdayindependentchilddiscussing 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.”Firstpersonperspectiveby keepingthe settingoutside ofthe school Laurie  Deception,innocenceandidentityFridayWednesdayLaurieinventsCharlesLaurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeeting“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”Laurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the storyanexampleofinference“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”anaphora“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”foreshadowingLaurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”Obliviousrebellious

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