Seventh Grade By Gary Soto And Charles By Shirley Jackson

The exerpts were from the books Seventh Grade by Gary Soto and Charles by Shirley Jackson. The main setting in Seventh Grade was in French class where Victor acts like he knows how to speak French to impress Teresa. The main setting for Charles was at the luch table at home where Laurie told his parents about this really bad kid named Charles which was secretly him.

The main setting of Seventh Grade by Gary Soto was in French class where Victor said random words that sounded french to impress this girl named Teresa that he liked. In my opinion, I think this is the most important setting of the story because Teresa asked Victor to help her with her french. I know this because in the text it stated, “Teresa asked him if he would help her with her French.” This also means that Victor and Teresa would hangout after school. I know this because in the text it states, “Teresa asked him if he would help her with her French.”
This means victor would help her with her French anytime she wants.

The main setting of Charles by Shirley Jackson was at the lunch table at home where Laurie told his parents about this really bad kid that was named Charles but Charles was secretly the boy Laurie. In my opinion, I think this is the most important setting in the story because if Laurie never told his parents about Charles they would’ve never found out that Charles was secretly Laurie. I know this because in the text it states that, “you must have your hands full in that kindergarten with Charles.”
“Charles?” she said. “We dont have any Charles in the kindergarten.”
This shows that there is no Charles in the kindergarten which means that Laurie is Charles. I also know that Laurie is bad because in the text it states, “we had a little trouble adjusting the first week or so.” This shows that laurie was bad the first week of