(update: problem with New York Times article has been fixed)

Your topic is Australia right now? Or crime? You want to teach your students how to write newspaper articles or how to use the passive? Or are you just looking for a fun and engaging text that you can read with your students?

Either way, this material is perfect for you. It has some pre- and post-reading activities for a New York Times article. Solutions are included.

And the article is sure to grab your students' attention: In an Australian town of only 11 residents, the disappearance of Paddy and his dog have turned neighbor against neighbor. There are all kinds of rumors about the disappearance. Was he really fed to a pet crocodile? Could he actually have been baked into a meat pie? 

If you teach with Green Line 5, this activity is perfect for you, but works just as well if you don't.