IB MYP Language & Literature
— A foster child who lost her voice after trauma struggles to speak again, remembering the woman who silenced her years ago.
— A young poet compares plastic's permanence to the pyramids, warning that our disposable creations outlast monuments while poisoning the earth we depend on.
— A meditation on impermanence that moves from photographs and fireflies to wedding cake and stone statues, arguing that nothing can truly be preserved.
— A granddaughter traces her family's rise and fall through China's civil war and Cultural Revolution, from her great-grandfather's fruit business to burning ownership papers for survival.
— A girl reflects on her common name Claire, wishing for something unique, then questions whether a different name would change her identity.
— A girl contemplates the unnamed plants around her house, finding in their seasonal color changes a mirror for her own shifting moods.
— A 12-year-old wrestles with her sense of obligation to fight climate change, questioning whether individual actions matter while affirming her commitment to future generations.
— A young writer catalogs the places that shaped her — from African deserts to New Jersey beaches, Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls to French villages — weaving family, food, and a beloved...
— A four-year-old visits her grandmother in India and gradually understands what death means when her grandmother dies of cancer during the trip.
— A girl traces her name in breath-fog on an evening window, observing how light casts her shadow onto the lawn below.