1. American Beginnings II Do Nows
US History 11A

2. DN17: Bernard Bailyn 9/21/16
In the DO NOW section of your folder answer the following questions in complete sentences and embed the question in your answer.
What is tyranny?
Bailyn says “The DoI represents the colonists’ deepest fears and beliefs.” What is one of the colonists’ deepest fears?
What is the Stamp Act?
What are the Coercive Acts?

3. DN18: Free Write 9/22/16 In the DO NOW section of your folder
Today you can choose your topic. Write about whatever you like, use five lines in your notebook to do this free write, and do not write this prompt. Keep it school appropriate, and remember that I am a mandatory reporter.

4. DN19: Best Evidence 9/26/16
In the DO NOW section of your folder, select the evidence that best supports the claim and explain why it is the best.
Claim: The Declaration of Independence was written for selfish reasons.
“The Declaration of Independence represents the colonists’ deepest fears and beliefs.”
“They believed they saw an evil and deliberate conspiracy to crush liberty in America.”
“Some Americans were clearly omitted from those united by the Declaration of Independence: Indians, black slaves, and women.”

5. DN20: Before & After 9/27/16
In the DO NOW section of your folder answer the following questions in complete sentences and embed the question in your answer.
Before you watch the debate:
Who are you planning on voting for in the presidential election (if you won’t be able to vote pretend)? Why?
After watching the debate
Has watching this debate made you reconsider who you would like to be president? Explain.
List 1 thing that surprised you during the debate. Why was this surprising?

6. DN21: Free Write 10/10/16 In the DO NOW section of your folder
Today you can choose your topic. Write about whatever you like, use five lines in your notebook to do this free write, and do not write this prompt. Keep it school appropriate, and remember that I am a mandatory reporter.

7. DN22: Plagiarism 10/11/16
In the NOTES section of your folder write the following:
Plagiarism – the act of presenting the words, ideas, images, sounds, or the creative expression of others as your own. Plagiarism can be intentional or unintentional.
The purpose of the sentence builder is to attribute evidence (say where it comes from) so that I am not plagiarizing.

8. Two Types of Plagiarism
Intentional
Unintentional
Copying a friend’s work
Buying or borrowing papers
Cutting and pasting blocks of text from electronic sources without citing
Media “borrowing” without citing
Web publishing without permission of creator
Careless paraphrasing
Poor documentation
Quoting excessively
Failure to use your own voice

9. DN23: Rewrite Preamble 10/12/16
In your Declaration of Independence packet…
Continue to rewrite the preamble to the Declaration of Independence in your own words
This should be at least five sentences in length

10. Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Paragraph
Why did the Founding Fathers write the Declaration of Independence?
Write a claim that answers this question on your binder paper
Don’t forget to indent
The Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence for selfish reasons.
The Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence for ideological reasons.
Highlight your claim in pink

11. Evidence
Look through your packet and highlight three pieces of evidence that support your claim
Add your first piece of evidence to your paragraph
Don’t forget to use the sentence builder to attribute your evidence so that you are not caught plagiarizing
Highlight your evidence in green

12. Reasoning After your evidence add reasoning to your paragraph
Don’t forget to use your reasoning sentence starters
Highlight your evidence in blue
Based on the evidence it must be concluded that (restate your claim) because…
The most logical conclusion we can draw from this evidence is that (restate your claim) because…
All of this proves that (restate your claim) because…
This shows that (restate your claim) because…

13. Finish your Paragraph Add another piece of evidence Add more reasoning
Add a third piece of evidence
Add a conclusion sentence
Highlight all evidence in green
Highlight all reasoning in blue
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
Conclusion (restate your claim)

14. DN24: Free Write 10/13/16 In the DO NOW section of your folder
Today you can choose your topic. Write about whatever you like, use five lines in your notebook to do this free write, and do not write this prompt. Keep it school appropriate, and remember that I am a mandatory reporter.

15. DN25: Week in Rap 10/17/16
Today’s Do Now will be to watch the Week in Rap on Flocabulary.