MONDAY, 5.4PLEASE PICK UP YOUR SPIRAL AS YOU ENTER.

TODAY’S AGENDA – SERIAL, EPISODE 5

• LISTEN TO FIRST 28 MINUTES OF EPISODE – THE ROUTE; TAKE NOTES ON ANY INFORMATION THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU, CONFUSES YOU, SERVES AS A ‘RED FLAG’ FOR YOU

• MAP THE ROUTE USING GOOGLE MAPS, CELL TOWER MAP, ADNAN’S CELL PHONE LOG

PUT YOUR DETECTIVE HATS ON!

• IN THIS EPISODE, THE NARRATOR AND HER FRIEND ACTUALLY DRIVE THE ROUTE THAT JAY DESCRIBED IN ORDER TO TEST THE ACCURACY OF THE STATE’S TIMELINE ON JANUARY 13, 1999.

• WE WILL DRIVE THE SAME ROUTE (TECHNOLOGY WILLING) SHORTLY

• WITH A PARTNER, YOU WILL PLOT THE GENERAL LOCATION OF ADNAN’S PHONE ON THE DAY OF HAE’S DISAPPEARANCE AND COMPARE THIS CHRONICLE WITH JAY’S ACCOUNT OF THE DAY.

• AS YOU LISTEN, RECORD ANY INFORMATION THAT SEEMS IMPORTANT, CONFUSES YOU, BRINGS UP A NEW PERSPECTIVE OR QUESTION, AND/OR SERVES AS A ‘RED FLAG’ FOR YOU.

CELL TOWER TECHNOLOGY

RECORD THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR SPIRAL.

• CELL TOWERS HAVE 3 SIDES, LIKE SLICES OF A PIE.

• THE “A” SIDE GENERALLY POINTS NORTH OR NORTHWEST, THE “B” SIDE POINTS SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST, AND THE “C” SIDE POINTS WEST

• ONE OF YOU SHOULD READ THE LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF EACH PHONE CALL FROM THE AFTERNOON IN QUESTION.

• THE OTHER PARTNER SHOULD SHOULD RECORD THE CALL ON THE MAP

WHAT WE DIDN’T HEAR

• THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE EPISODE IS RATHER DRY AND BORING. RECORD THIS INFORMATION.

• IN A NUTSHELL:

• CELL PHONE EVIDENCE ISN’T PERFECTLY RELIABLE, BUT IT CAN OFFER CLUES OF WHERE SOMEBODY WAS, AND IT CAN CERTAINLY SHOW WHERE SOMEONE WASN’T.

• THE PROSECUTORS SHOWED THAT FOUR OF THE CALLS ON THE CALL LOG PERFECTLY CORROBORATED JAY’S STORY (ALL FOUR WERE AFTER 6:00 P.M.), BUT DIDN’T REALLY

DISCUSS THE REST, AND NOBODY REALLY NOTICED.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6PLEASE PICK UP YOUR SPIRAL AS YOU ENTER.

EPISODE 6 – THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED

TODAY’S AGENDA

• ADD QUESTIONS TO OUR ‘PARKING LOT’ FROM EPISODE 5

• LISTEN TO EPISODE 6 – FOCUS ON THE EVIDENCE AGAINST ADNAN; CREATE COUNTERPOINT FOR THE EVIDENCE, EXPLAIN YOUR REASONING

LOOKING FORWARD

• LISTEN TO EPISODE 7; TAKE NOTES ABOUT THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU HEAR.

• THE EPISODE IS ALMOST ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO SARAH’S CONVERSATION WITH DEIRDRE ENRIGHT, WHO RUNS AN INNOCENT PROJECT, AN ORGANIZATION THAT GOES THROUGH OLD CASES TO SEE IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED.

• YOU WILL TAKE A QUIZ OVER EPISODE 7 NEXT CLASS.

EVIDENCE, COUNTER ARGUMENT, YOUR OPINION/REASONING

• IN THIS EPISODE, THE NARRATOR “LAYS OUT” THE “BITS OF EVIDENCE” AGAINST ADNAN.

• YOU WILL ORGANIZE THE “BITS” OF EVIDENCE” AND THE CORRESPONDING DEFENSES INTO THREE COLUMNS.

• IN THE FIRST COLUMN, BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE A BIT OF EVIDENCE

• IN THE SECOND COLUMN, PRESENT A COUNTER-ARGUMENT OR TWO AGAINST THE EVIDENCE

• IN THE THIRD COLUMN, WRITE YOUR OPINION AND THE REASONING FOR IT.