Science fiction & fantasy short stories suitable for English lessons

[pseudomonas]

I spent the weekend with a friend who is an English teacher (that is, teaching literature to native English speakers, not teaching English as a second language), and in talking about texts, it emerged that their school doesn't really have much in the way of science fiction / speculative fiction / fantasy taught at any point, and they thought that it might be nice to study some for an upcoming short-story set of lessons, but they were not as conversant with those genres as with more traditional literature. So, I asked on Twitter (see first comment), and will ask again here, since I know any number of you are involved in SFF fandom, and because it makes a better repository for discussion:

What SFF short stories would you recommend for an English teacher to study with a class of 13-14-year-olds?

Comments

[hilarita]

Yes - whatever short Stross was nominated for Hugos last year (Equoid? I'm rubbish at remembering titles). Full of references to other bits of literature that Eng. Lit. teachers can get all excited about, and also fun.