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

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