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

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