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Possible lesson for - Late Stage 1, Stage 2 or Early Stage 3

Relevant Syllabus Outcomes
English W S1.9	English W S2.12	English W S3.12

Choose a poem / song with lots of repetition like Ten Green Bottles or The Wheels on the Bus

Ten Green Bottles

The Wheels on the Bus

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Type the heading - Ten Green Bottles	Type Heading - The Wheels on the Bus
use copy and paste to begin typing the first line then type the rest	use copy and paste to begin typing the first line then type the rest
Ten Green Bottles Ten Green Bottles hanging on the wall	The Wheels on the Bus The wheels on the bus go round and round
Use copy and paste for the next line	Copy round and round - paste it underneath twice
Ten Green Bottles Ten green bottles hanging on the wall Ten green bottles hanging on the wall	The Wheels on the Bus The wheels on the bus go round and round round and round round and round
Type the next line plus "there'd be"	Copy the first line, paste it underneath
Ten Green Bottles Ten green bottles hanging on the wall Ten green bottles hanging on the wall And if one green bottle should accidentally fall There'd be	The Wheels on the Bus The wheels on the bus go round and round round and round round and round The wheels on the bus go round and round
Paste "Ten green bottles hanging on the wall" and change the ten to nine.	Type all the way to town
Ten Green Bottles Ten green bottles hanging on the wall Ten green bottles hanging on the wall And if one green bottle should accidentally fall There'd be nine green bottles hanging on the wall	The Wheels on the Bus The wheels on the bus go round and round round and round round and round The wheels on the bus go round and round All the way to town
For the remaining verses - Copy nine green bottles hanging on the wall twice	Copy the entire verse and paste it underneath.
Ten Green Bottles Ten green bottles hanging on the wall Ten green bottles hanging on the wall And if one green bottle should accidentally fall There'd be nine green bottles hanging on the wall nine green bottles hanging on the wall nine green bottles hanging on the wall	The Wheels on the Bus The wheels on the bus go round and round round and round round and round The wheels on the bus go round and round All the way to town The Wheels on the Bus The wheels on the bus go round and round round and round round and round The wheels on the bus go round and round All the way to town
Copy and paste the remaining 2 lines - change nine to eight and so on	Use find/replace to change second first
Ten Green Bottles Ten green bottles hanging on the wall Ten green bottles hanging on the wall And if one green bottle should accidentally fall There'd be nine green bottles hanging on the wall nine green bottles hanging on the wall nine green bottles hanging on the wall And if one green bottle should accidentally fall There'd be eight green bottles hanging on the wall etc etc	Find wheels - replace with wipers Find round and round - replace with swish, swish, swish put the cursor at the start of the second verse before starting The Wheels on the Bus* The wheels on the bus go round and round round and round round and round The wheels on the bus go round and round All the way to town The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish round and round round and round The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish All the way to town and so on ....
Find / Replace - or Edit > replace Use replace to change the colour or any other word
Find green - replace with red Find bottles - replace with apples (this will still leave bottle because it is not bottles)


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