I NEED BOOKS *twitch*

I am not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, buuuuut since it's Community Commons I suppose a post about books wouldn't be too off-topic, right?

Anyway. I am an English teacher in training and I have to format a unit plan to cover an entire year of high school, and it must abide by a single theme that you can branch into subtopics and such. I've made my theme "justice," and I am branching off into topics such as revenge, guilt, fair vs. unfair, etc. The difficult I'm having is coming up with enough texts to use with this theme. So far I plan to use The Count of Monte Cristo, Othello, and The Kite Runner. However, I'll need a few more throughout the unit, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any short stories that would fit this theme.

I'm having tremendous difficulty with it, so I think it is likely that I will change this topic completely, but I figured I'd post and see if anyone could help me before I threw the towel in.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by knkwzrd

Do you actually expect that more than one or two students in a high school class are going to bother reading a 1300 page book?

You're going to have enough trouble getting them to read Othello.

Firstly, the book is only 608 pages. Secondly, I am planning the unit for 11th graders at a top-flight school, and if paced and taught properly, I don't see why it couldn't be done. The Count of Monte Cristo is one hell of an exciting book.

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Originally Posted by Stop Sign

For guilt, the first thing that came to mind for me was "The Tell-Tale Heart", by Edgar Allen Poe.

If you want to try something off the beaten path, consider Ray Bradbury's "All Summer In A Day." It's set in a fictional planet Venus where the sun appears only once every 7 years. I'm not going to say any more in order not to spoil it - you can read it here : All Summer In A Day.

Oh my, I read that story! Well, both of them actually, but the one about All Summer in a Day is one I haven't thought about in a LONG time. Thank you!

By the way, The Count of Monte Cristo is only 608 pages.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Thank you for all of the suggestions everyone. They have been extremely helpful. If anyone is reaaaallly bored and wants to hear what I came up with (haha) let me know.

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