The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Lesson Plan

Real-Life Mystery

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to perform close reading and synthesize information to predict outcomes

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.2

Structure:

As a class, listen to the first episode of Serial, an in-depth investigative journalism podcast series about the 1999 murder of Baltimore, MD high school senior Hae Min Lee and the subsequent conviction and sentencing of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, to life in prison for her murder. Despite Syed's conviction, Serial probes the many questions about the circumstances Lee's disappearance and doubts about Syed's guilt...