Short Story: Charles

What's the setting of "Charles"

• Old schoolhouse in the winter

• A family home on the first day of school

• A playground in the morning

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Is the story in 1st or 3rd person?

• 1st

• 3rd

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who's telling the story?

• Laurie

• The dad

• Charles

• the mom

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What's the problem?

• Laurie doesn't like Kindergarten

• The mom thinks "Charles" is a bad influence on Laurie

• Laurie's parents think Laurie's teacher is unfair

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Look at the way the author writes dialogue. Writer's use "tags" to show who is talking and how they say it. What are some dialogue "tags" in the first few paragraphs?

• I asked; he said; his father asked

• At lunch; today; on the floor

• Laurie; father

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When using dialogue, when does a writer start a new paragraph?

• When a scene ends

• When a new person speaks

• never

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When writing dialogue, commas, periods and question marks go inside the quotation marks.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Character development is very important in narratives. What is a character trait of the mother?

• angry

• naive

• brave

• untrusting

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a character trait of Laurie?

• kind

• forgetful

• courageous

• manipulative

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was the resolution of the story?

• The mom finally gets to tell the teacher what a bad influence Charles is on Laurie.

• The teacher lets the mother know what a kind child Laurie is.

• The mother finds out she was tricked by Laurie all along.

• Laurie ends up apologizing to his mother

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4