The Monkey and the Crocodile

1. The Monkey and the Crocodile A story from Indiawith Purple Hippo

2. The Monkey and the Crocodile - Discuss What do you know about India? Tell your partners about your best friend.What do you do together?

3. The Monkey and the Crocodile: Order the pictures Cut up the pictures.With your group, make a story using the pictures.Tell another group your story.

4. The Monkey and the Crocodile – incorrect order

5. The Monkey and the Crocodile: Dictogloss The Monkey and the CrocodileHad both been friends for quite a whileIt made the others gawp and stare,This strangest, weirdest, friendship pairIt made the very jungle gapeTo see the reptile with an ape

6. The Monkey and the Crocodile: Order the lines Here are the next lines of the story.With your partners, try to order them.Then listen for the right answer.

7. The Monkey and the Crocodile: Order the lines – Board race

8. The Monkey and the Crocodile: Order the lines - Correct They passed the long, hot, hazy summer Gazing long on the lazy riverCroc stretched long upon the sandAnd just above, Monkey’s handsWould reach up high above the groundAnd pluck the fruit, so sweet and round(Yes, the crocodile, most unusuallyDid love things that were fresh and fruity)The two friends talked, hour on hourTheir friendship blossomed like a flowerAnd Croc would go home rather lateWhere Mrs Croc would lie and wait Late again, she’d mutter sharplyMind, like river, oozing darklyOut again with that monkeyHe loves that ape much more than meThey’re gossiping, all the neighboursI look the fool and all becauseCroc loves him much more than meThat hairy thing from a fruit tree!If I’m going to keep my manI think I need a cunning plan

9. The Monkey and the Crocodile – correct order Here they come!

18. The Monkey and the Crocodile – correct order

19. The Monkey and the Crocodile - Crossword • Purple Hippo

20. The Monkey and the Crocodile – Crossword Clues

21. The Monkey and the Crocodile – Crossword Answers

22. The Monkey and the Crocodile – Review quiz

23. The Monkey and the Crocodile – Problem Page Imagine that you are one of the characters; The Crocodile, Mrs Crocodile or the Monkey. Write to the problem page of a magazine and say what your problem is and ask for advice about what to do next. Imagine that you are an Agony Aunt for a magazine. Reply to the letter that you have received.