IB MYP Language & Literature
— Through the Korean board game alkkagi, three generations pass down wisdom about patience, timing, and seizing opportunities in both games and life.
— A boy traces his identity through objects and memories connecting his Greek heritage to his American present, from teddy bears to spanakopita.
— An eleven-year-old Ukrainian girl navigates daily life during wartime, discovering her family lacks funds to evacuate while finding small ways to bring hope.
— A Halloween night becomes a meditation on moral choices when the narrator faces unattended candy bowls with 'Please Take 1' signs and witnesses another child take everything.
— A girl navigates family tensions and grief during a lake outing, culminating in an ice cream mishap that leads to an unexpected swim across the lake with her cousin.
— A red hen stops laying eggs to prevent them from being stolen, leading to her selection for the farmer's New Year's Eve dinner.
— A train passenger watches the ocean transform from violent turquoise waves to peaceful sunset, remembering childhood drawings and contemplating permanence amid change.
— A meditation on water transforms from stillness to boiling, from possibility to necessity, as the speaker makes soup from nothing but water itself.
— A brief meditation on the paradox of 'now' — how the present moment of writing becomes the past by the time of reading.
— A meditation on time as both enemy and friend, resolving to embrace each day's activities rather than mourn its passing.