BHS ELA Instructional Guide

●​ Julius Caesar (No Fear) by William Shakespeare ●​ The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford ●​ The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer ●​ The Martian (Classroom Edition) by Andy Weir ●​ The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare ●​ The Odyssey by Homer ●​ The Odyssey Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds ●​ The Pearl by John Steinbeck ●​ The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Preston ●​ Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe ●​ Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher ●​ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ●​ Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose ●​ Unwind by Shusterman ●​ Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley ●​ Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Patillo Beales ●​ Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic

*If you would like to submit a novel for approval, please see the Book Approval Process on page 16.

Short Stories in the Mirrors and Windows Textbook - Level V (10th grade) ●​ "The Open Window" by Saki, p. 5 ●​ "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs p. 14 ●​ "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing, p. 28 ●​ "Lather and Nothing Else" by Hernando Téllez, p 44 ●​ "The Moment Before the Gun Went Off" by Nadine Gordimer, p. 50 ●​ "Catch the Moon" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, p. 62 ●​ "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, p. 69 ●​ "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe, p. 82 ●​ "Two Friends" by Guy de Maupassant, p. 94 ●​ "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, p. 108 ●​ "The Leap" by Louise Erdrick, p. 118 ●​ "Cranes" by Hwang Sun-wôn, p. 132 ●​ "On the Rainy River" by Tim O'Brien, p. 137 ●​ "Who Said We All Have to Talk Alike" by Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, p. 157 ●​ "Chee's Daughter" by Juanita Platero and Siyowin Miller, p. 167 ●​ "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe, p 180 ●​ "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett, p. 185 ●​ "The Enchanted Garden" by Italo Calvino, p. 195 ●​ "Like the Sun" R. K. Narayan, p. 200 ●​ "Geraldine Moore the Poet" by Toni Cade Bambara, p. 890 ●​ "Geraldo No Last Name" by Sandra Cisneros, p. 895 ●​ "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" by Jack Finney, p. 903 ●​ "Land Enough for a Man" by Leo Tolstoy, p. 931 ●​ "By the Waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Benét, p. 944 ●​ "The Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury, p. 955 ●​ "Miriam" by Truman Capote, p. 962 ●​ "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcâ Márquez, p. 974 ●​ "Heartburn" by Hortense Calisher, p. 981 ●​ "The Happy Man" by Naguib Mahfouz, p. 993

* For additional resources when teaching these short stories, please go to the High School ELA Canvas Course

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Jun 4, 2026

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