Charles
by Shirley Jackson
Spelling Words Week 5
1. Bounds 2. Elaborately
3. Slamming 4. refreshments
5. Raucous 6.Pranks
7. Pleased 8. Mindful
9. Disrupts 10. Demonstrates
11. Unwisely 12. lapses
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Vocabulary Words
1. Bounds : intending to go.
2. Raucous : loud and unpleasant to listen
to.
3. Pranks: a trick that is done to someone
usually as a joke
4. Disrupts : to break apart
5. Demonstrates : an act of showing
someone how something is used or done
6. Mindful : bearing in mind
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Cont’d
7. Elaborately : having many parts that are
carefully arranged or planned
8. Spanked : to strike (especially on the back
with the open hand)
9. Lapses : Slight error or failures
10. Primly: in a manner that is stiffly formal or
proper
11. Adjusting: getting used to new condition.
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Reading Skill
• Make Inference: To look at the information
given.
• Use details that author gives as clues to
make inference
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Literary Analysis
• Point of View is the outlook from which
the story is told.
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Charles Summary
• Laurie is rude to his parents after his first
day of kindergarten. He tells his parents
about a boy named Charles. Each day,
Laurie has a new story about Charles.
Laurie’s mother is surprised when she
learns the truth about Charles
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Vocabulary
Slamming: Close violently
Pleased: to be very willing to do something
Influence: the power to have an effect on
people or things
Unwisely: stupid and likely to cause problems
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• Who is the narrating the short story?
• When was Charles first mentioned in
Laurie’s home? Explain what he had done.
• Explain how Charles became a household
joke at Laurie’s home.
• Why were Laurie’s parents looking forward
to meeting his kindergarten teacher?
• Why did Laurie create the imaginary boy
Charles?
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Group Work
• Identify the following elements for the
short story. Give line(s) from the text
that support your answer.
• Setting:
• Plot:
• Conflict:
• Character(s):
• Point of View:
• Theme:
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