This I Believe Audio Essay Assignment
To prepare for class on February 22, go to http://thisibelieve.org/aboutus.html and read “About This I Believe.”
Then go to http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4566554 and read Edward R. Murrow’s 1951 introduction to the This I Believe series.
Finally, go to http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4538138, scroll down to “Essays New and Old” and listen to five of the audio essays. To listen to one, you’ll need to click on its title and then click the Listen icon.
REQUIRED BLOG ENTRY to do before class on February 22: Write 150+ words in response to at least one of the audio essays you listened to. Be sure to include the name of the audio essay(s) you are responding to. Consider how listening to an essay is different from reading an essay. Consider how the essay authors used their voices to create intimacy and immediacy.
Optional: I recorded my own audio essay in Fall 2006 when I first gave this assignment to my students. You can listen to it here, if you are curious.
I lission to many autio essays and only one really cought my eye. Peace
begins with one person. By Ivory Harlow
A Texan watress expresses her feelings and thoughts about a good deed she
did for a broke, hungry old women. She believes peace starts with one
person then speads like worm syrup. I read her story and couldn't hear her
feelings. I had a hard time picture the hole thing but I thought it was
nice. When I heard the audio I can feel the way she was feeling by
lissioning to her voice. She expressed herself well with detail and true
feelings of peace on earth. I thought she did a beautiful job and I believe
the world needs more people like her.
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