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