This song is just 20 seconds long.
Step 1
Play the song once and ask students to write down anything at all they hear.
Step 2
Give students time to consult each other.
Step 3
Provide a model on the board – like the one below – and ask students to finish each line.
In ___________________
There ___________________
He ___________________
Upon ___________________
He ___________________
But ___________________
And ___________________
Step 4
Give students time to follow the same model and write their own songs (or poems if they’re too shy).
Key (the text):
In the river
There lived a croc.
He liked to lie, lie, lie
Upon a big flat rock.
He dreamed of going for a walk
But he had no shoes
And he only had one sock.
