i believe in dancing. – robert fulghum, “dancing all the dances”
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I believe in dancing. – Robert Fulghum, “Dancing all the dances”
I believe that what we receive we must share.
– Elie Wiesel, “God is God because He remembers”
I believe in my duty to heal, […] that I must try to care for everyone.
- Pius Kamau, “A Duty to Heal”
I believe that I have to do the right thing even when I really, really don’t feel like it.
– Deidre Sullivan, “Always go to the funeral”
I believe in my mother. – Benjamin Carson, “There is no job
more important than parenting”
I believe our capacity to tolerate both religious and personal difference is what will ultimately give us true liberty.
– Joel Engardio, “Learning True Tolerance”
I believe I must guard against my own potential for brutality and the mutation of my own humanity.
– Yinong Young-Xu, “A Potential for Brutality”
I believe in telling children the truth. – Martha Leathe, “Telling Kids the
Whole Truth”
I believe that to love, and to bare the boundless depth of our love, we
must have the courage to reshape what we inherit. – –Priya Chandrasekaran,
““Cutting Our Cutting Our Grandmothers’ Grandmothers’
Saris”Saris”
I believe that those sound waves carry the borning cry of the cosmos. That a whisper from God’s lips created all that is and all
that was and all that will be, and that that whisper set it into motion in a cataclysm so great that 14-billion years later those sound waves still echoes through a world without
end. -Kimberly Woodbury ,
“We are All Stardust”
I believe that…I believe that…
How has your belief been created, shaped, or
tested by your experiences?
CreedCreed
• A statement of beliefA statement of belief
CreedCreed
• What does “cred” mean before a What does “cred” mean before a word?word?
Creeds – Types and Creeds – Types and examplesexamples
• Apostle’s Creed (Christian tradition)Apostle’s Creed (Christian tradition)– I believe in God the Father Almighty, I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth...Maker of heaven and earth...
Creeds – Types and Creeds – Types and examplesexamples
• Shema (Jewish tradition)Shema (Jewish tradition)– Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God,
the LORD is one the LORD is one
Creeds – Types and Creeds – Types and examplesexamples
• Shahada (Muslim tradition)Shahada (Muslim tradition)– I bear witness that there is no god but I bear witness that there is no god but
God, and that Muhammad is His God, and that Muhammad is His messenger messenger
Personal EssayPersonal Essay
• Differs from memoir and narrative Differs from memoir and narrative essayessay
• Narrative tells a storyNarrative tells a story
• Memoir tells of a relationshipMemoir tells of a relationship
This I BelieveThis I Believe
• http://thisibelieve.org/http://thisibelieve.org/
ActivitiesActivities
• Belief statementsBelief statements
• QuotationsQuotations
ListenListen
• http://thisibelieve.org/essay/11875/http://thisibelieve.org/essay/11875/
Assignment:Assignment:
• Go to this site: Go to this site: http://thisibelieve.org/http://thisibelieve.org/
• Explore what “This I Believe” is all Explore what “This I Believe” is all aboutabout
• Choose an essay to readChoose an essay to read
Assignment:Assignment:
• Your essay choices :Your essay choices :
• ““Our Noble, Essential Decency”Our Noble, Essential Decency”
• ““We are all Stardust”We are all Stardust”
• ““Be Cool to the Pizza Delivery Dude”Be Cool to the Pizza Delivery Dude”
• ““Seeing with the Heart”Seeing with the Heart”
• ““Accomplishing Big Things in Small Accomplishing Big Things in Small Pieces” Pieces”
Assignment:Assignment:
• Then find another essay somewhere Then find another essay somewhere in the site and read that one.in the site and read that one.
• Print it out and annotate for:Print it out and annotate for:– Structure (organization and focus)Structure (organization and focus)– Diction and syntaxDiction and syntax– MessageMessage– AudienceAudience– purposepurpose
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