Charles

"Charles"
Literature
(Short story)

First: questions 1 & 2
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"Charles"
Literature
(Short story)

First: questions 1 & 2

Slide 1 - Slide

Let's read the text again
(Reading time!)

This time: look for clues that Laurie is Charles!
timer
15:00

Slide 2 - Slide

Answers:
  • Laurie misbehaving at the table (he is also fresh)
  • Laurie had to think of a name when they asked who the boy was (line 15)
  • The teacher called Laurie a "fine little helper" (line 109) > Laurie described Charles a as a good helper (lines 70-74)

Slide 3 - Slide

Let's continue
By discussing the answers to the questions

Slide 4 - Slide

1. Describe how Laurie's behaviour at home changes after he begins school.

Slide 5 - Mind map

Answer:
He starts to act older, tougher, independent from his mother. 

Slide 6 - Slide

Question 4 + 5 + 6
Discuss in groups.
timer
6:00

Slide 7 - Slide

Literary devices assignment
Week 1                                                                       Short story = Charles

Bohdan & Sara L
Ada & Anita
Nana, Harica en Sara M

Literary terms to discuss:

Exposition & Complication 
Climax en Cliffhanger 
Falling Action & Resolution
Foreshadowing 




Slide 8 - Slide

5 min. Presentation + 5 min activity 
1) Uitleg over literary device (waarom koos de auteur deze literary device? + voorbeelden geven van de devices in het korte verhaal van de week)
2) Een activiteit voor de hele klas die ook 5 min duurt waardoor iedereen de term NOG beter begrijpt. Tijdens de presentatie moet het duidelijk zijn dat ALLE leden van het Team een rol hebben gehad in de voorbereiding & uitvoering

Slide 9 - Slide

For example: plot

Slide 10 - Slide

Slide 11 - Link

What is the plot twist at the end of the story?

Slide 12 - Mind map

Answer:
  • Charles is actually Laurie

Slide 13 - Slide

7. Do you think Laurie's parents should have realized the truth about Charles sooner?
Yes
No

Slide 14 - Poll

Why?
Class discussion.

Slide 15 - Slide

Both answers are possible
Just make sure you underpin your answer correctly.

Slide 16 - Slide

8. What is the point of view of this story?
A
first person perspective
B
second person perspective
C
third person perspective
D
omniscient perspective

Slide 17 - Quiz

9. How does the point of view contribute to the humour in lines 105-113?

Discuss in groups.

Slide 18 - Slide

Answer:
  • We read the story from the mother's point of view
  • She has no idea who Charles is
  • It sets up the humour (dramatic irony) of the final line

Slide 19 - Slide

10. Can you identify a theme in this story?

Slide 20 - Mind map

Answer:
  • People's blindness to flaws in ones close to them

Slide 21 - Slide

11. Explain how Shirley Jackson uses irony in this story.

Discuss in groups.
Hint: question 9

Slide 22 - Slide

Answer:
  • It’s dramatic irony, as the mother doesn’t know that Laurie and Charles are one person, but we do.

Slide 23 - Slide

12. Fill in the grid

Slide 24 - Slide

The grid
Plot: Laurie goes to kindergarten and starts talking about a rude boy named Charles. In the end we find out that this rude boy is actually Laurie.


Characters: Laurie / Charles, mother, father, teacher


Setting: the kitchen table, kindergarten, time is unknown.


Theme: The way people are blind to flaws in ones close to them.


Irony: dramatic irony, we know Laurie and Charles are the same, but the mother doesn’t.

Slide 25 - Slide