Create your own  mnemonic device EXAMPLE THE THIRTEEN COLONIES

This can only be used in a bilingual English/Spanish class (though it could be "translated" for other bilingual classes). The 13 underlined words provide clues to the names. It goes nicely with a latin beat.

   La       Re        Mi        La
In the story of our country, there were thirteen colonies.
   La         Re        Mi        La
If you learn this little song, you can name them all with ease:
   La           Re
VI A GEORGIE, PENSE CON RHODIE
    Mi                La
Y MARY MASSA DE LA SOCA NOCA, NU NU NU.

There's Virginia, and there's Georgia,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, too.
To remember them is easy,
Sing this song, that's all you do:

VI A GEORGIE, PENSE CON RHODIE
Y MARY MASSA DE LA SOCANOCA, NU NU NU.

Delaware, Maryland,
Massachusetts, then the two
Carolinas (South and North),
And we have the New New New
(York, Jersey, and Hampshire, that is):

VI A GEORGIE, PENSE CON RHODIE
Y MARY MASSA DE LA SOCANOCA, NU NU NU.

Sing this song of colonies,
And you can take it from me,
INS may think you're loco (or loca),
But you'll answer easily:

VI A GEORGIE, PENSE CON RHODIE
Y MARY MASSA DE LA SOCANOCA, NU NU NU.
TELL ME WHO