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

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