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Name: Jayla Battle
January 10, 2018

Module 2A – Lesson 10 RA Pt. 2

Focus Standard RL.7.1– Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text

Learning – I can use evidence from multiple sources to determine whether

Targets or not Lyddie should speak up about Mr. Marsden.

Close Reading: Chapter 16- Fever

DO NOW

Post Reading Questions

1. What does Mr. Marsden do to Mr.Marsden touched Lyddie in a way that she doesn’t want to be
Lyddie? What do you think his touched.
intentions are?

2. Did Lyddie consent to these Yes because Lyddie stepped on his foot and ran away frantically.
actions? How do you know?

3. Knowing what Mr. Marsden’s I really don’t know. She needs this job so she shouldn’t speak out.
intentions were, what would But then again, what he did was wrong, and she needs to tell
Lyddie’s next steps be? somebody!!

4. What decision will Lyddie She will have to decide if she will tell someone or keep going to
have to make? work.

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Gathering Evidence for a Debate

Today we are going to have an evidence-based debate about the question

below.

Debate Question: Should Lyddie speak out about Mr. Marsden’s actions?
My initial claim: What is your very first initial response to this question? (2 mins)

Before you pick a side, good readers evaluate BOTH sides of a debate and gather
evidence before choosing a side (even if you don’t change your mind, good
debaters anticipate what the other side will say!) Good readers do the following
steps:

Learning Target
I can analyze pros and cons of both sides of an argument before choosing a side.

1. Evaluate an argument that has two possible sides.

2. Find a reason and evidence to support side 1
3. Find a reason and evidence to support side 2
4. Pick a side: Determine which side you’ll defend and why

Good debaters always gather more information before debating a topic. Before
we debate, we’ll read the following article about how this event in Lyddie is
currently playing out in American culture and current events.

As we read this article out loud, use the following annotation key:

P- pro= reasons why someone would speak out

C- con
EP- Evidence for a pro
EC- Evidence for a con

I’ve modeled on your article what this looks like:

Sexual harassment used to cost women their careers. That may be changing.

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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY

C- If you
Published 1:55 p.m. ET Dec. 4, 2017 | Updated 4:19 p.m. ET Dec. 5, 2017
told you’d
lose your
job.

(1) SAN FRANCISCO — It's been more than a quarter century since Paula Coughlin blew the
whistle on drunken aviators who sexually assaulted women at the Las Vegas Hilton during the
1991 Tailhook convention.

(2) But this former helicopter pilot says she's still paying a steep price for speaking out. The
ensuing uproar over sexual abuse in the Navy didn't just end her military career. It ended her
career in the civilian world, too.

(3) "I have been told by headhunters that I am unemployable," says Coughlin.
C- Never
EC- got
Suppor (4) She's not alone. From Kellie Boyle, who says she lost a major contract and her career
another
ts the in political communications after she rebuffed a sexual advance from Roger Ailes, to
job after
claim Janelle Asselin, who gave up a promising career in the comic book industry, women speaking
that who publicly accused men of sexual misconduct in the workplace told USA TODAY they up.
she suffered debilitating aftershocks while their harassers
was escaped with few, if any, consequences.
blackli Legal secretary Rena Weeks never
(5) Former legal secretary Rena Weeks says she never
sted. worked again after winning a sexual
harassment lawsuit against the law firm worked again after winning her sexual harassment lawsuit
Baker & McKenzie in 1994 that accused against the Baker & McKenzie law firm in 1994. She
partner Martin Greenstein of groping her
and making crude remarks. (Photo: says partner Martin Greenstein groped her and made
SUSAN RAGAN, Associated Press) crude remarks, grabbing her breast while dropping M&M
candies in the pocket of her blouse.

(6) Her legal win — $7.1 million, later reduced to $3.5

million — sent such shudders through the law business
that her lawyer warned her firms would blacklist her. So
she gave up her career and moved to Seattle with her
CPA husband.

(7) Even in the midst of the nation's ever-widening

sexual harassment and abuse scandal, she says it's hard to believe that women will fare
much better today than she did.

(8) "You are still going up against the old boys network," she says.

(9) Yet, for the first time, men are the ones being ousted from their jobs by a new wave of
women who are bypassing the legal system and going straight to the court of public

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opinion, armed with screenshots, diary entries and the testimony of friends and family. In
the process, they're developing a modern-day survivor's manual.

(10) Engineer and entrepreneur Niniane Wang says she went public with allegations that
venture capitalist Justin Caldbeck tried to sleep with her when they met to discuss
business only after spending dozens of hours making a case against him. She
gathered evidence that Caldbeck had a history of making unwanted sexual advances to
female founders seeking business advice or funding, encouraged other women to speak
publicly about their experiences and contacted Caldbeck's limited partners.

(11) Wang and five other women accused Caldbeck of making unwanted sexual
advances during professional interactions. Rather than being shunned, Wang has been
invited to speak at major industry conferences. Last month her company, Evertoon, was
acquired by Pokémon Go creator Niantic Labs. Caldbeck, on the other hand, was forced
to resign from running his own firm, Binary Capital, after the story broke in June.

(12) "We focus a lot on courage but the behind-the-scenes work is equally
important," Wang says. "If you have a plan and enough evidence, it is also easier to muster
up the courage."

(13) The primer on how to report sexual harassment came from Susan Fowler. The software
engineer took a big risk last February when she went public with her story of mistreatment
at ride-hailing company Uber.

(!4) In a blog post, Fowler said she showed screenshots of chat messages in which her
direct supervisor "was trying to get me to have sex with him" to human resources.

(15) "Upper management told me that he ‘was a high performer’ (i.e. had stellar
performance reviews from his superiors) and they wouldn't feel comfortable punishing him
for what was probably just an innocent mistake on his part," she wrote.

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Looking at Both Sides to Make an Informed Decision

Step 1. Evaluate
an argument SIDE 1- Women should speak up about sexual harassment
that has two SIDE 2- Women should NOT speak up about sexual harassment
possible sides.

Step 2. Find a
reason and Lyddie should speak out about Mr. Marsden’s actions because she
evidence to deserves safer conditions.
support side 1: “Time is more precious than money, Lyddie girl. If only I had two more free hours of
Lyddie should an evening—what I couldn’t do.” (91)
speak out about
Mr. Marsden’s *) Yet, for the first time, men are the ones being ousted from their jobs by a
actions. new wave of women who are bypassing the legal system and going
straight to the court of public opinion, armed with screenshots, diary
entries and the testimony of friends and family. In the process, they're
developing a modern-day survivor's manual.

Step 3. Find a
reason and WHAT I REALLY BELIEVE!!
evidence to Lyddie should NOT speak out about Mr. Marsden’s actions because she
support side 2: needs to keep her job to continue supporting her family.
Lyddie should
not speak out “She must work harder. She must earn all the money to pay what they owed, so
about Mr. she could gather her family together back on the farm while she still had family left
Marsden’s to gather.” (88)
actions.
6) Her legal win — $7.1 million, later reduced to $3.5 million — sent such
shudders through the law business that her lawyer warned her firms would
blacklist her. So she gave up her career and moved to Seattle with her
CPA husband.

Step 4. Pick a
side: Determine
which side you’ll
defend and why Lyddie should not speak out about Mr. Marsden’s actions.