DP Lang&Lit Portfolio Reflection Throughout the two years in IB diploma Language and Literature class, we have studied a lot of different types of texts and learned how to analyze them. Some of the pieces that we studied were non-literature and some were literature pieces. My favourite non-literature piece was the 13th documentary, along with…

I found the article that I read most interesting because Alexander tells us an event that most of us have probably not thought of or heard of. Alexander told the story of how prisoners are suffering in the midst of the pandemic while people began to show that we view the prisoners as people that…

Throughout the unit, we’ve read numerous examples of activists standing up for what they believe is righteous and best for the justice of the world. It was empowering to listen to people like MLK and read his letters or speeches. It shows what a single person can do with the right will. “A Time to…

In DP l&L we are beginning a new unit with a read of the book, Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. After reading the prologue and “The River”, the first chapter of the book, my first impressions are that it seems very trippy where the timeline keeps jumping back and forth. Though it is very intriguing…

To me, technological threats can be a new development that humans have created that are potentially dangerous for us. In the world today, new technologies are being developed quickly as days go by. Whenever a new innovation comes out, there might be new problems that get brought up as well. And sometimes it is hard…

In this unit I picked out a global issue to analyze through the works that we’ve done for the past semester. There is a lot to choose from and I chose to analyze my global issue, social injustice, with Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Icarus by Bryan Fogel. Persepolis is an intriguing story that depicts…

During this unit, we read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. It is an intriguing story that depicts her childhood as well as parts of her adulthood and how she lived through the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Because it is a story that is told from the author’s own perspectives, there are a lot of connections to…

Here are the outlines for my IO projects. I thought these reflect the unit very well because it requires us to include all knowledge from the unit and make connections with other units that we’ve done. For example, in my IO I made connections from this unit’s Icarus Documentary with the previous unit’s Antigone. I…

My thoughts about the Nike advertisement: Explain whether you are in support of it or not. Make connections to yourself as a viewer, to the ad, to Colin Kaepernick, and to the context. I see the ad and Kaepernick separately. I support Kaepernick and his beliefs, but I don’t support that Nike made an advertisement…

During this unit, we read the play Antigone by Sophocles. It was written in Greece in 441BC. It demonstrated an individual going against the laws set by the ruler of the land. It showed how one could stick with the beliefs and nothing would stop them from doing what they need to do once they…