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

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