Tag Archives: Storytelling

The Unluckiest Man in the World – Co-constructed Storytelling

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

The Unluckiest Man in the World Once upon a time the unluckiest man in the world was sitting on a bench. ‘Why does everything I do go wrong?’ he asked himself. ‘I’ve lost my job. I’ve lost my girlfriend, I’ve … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Wife; a tale by Nasreddin Hoca

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

The Perfect Wife – a tale simply to read and enjoy. Nasreddin Hoca was sitting in a tea shop when a friend excitedly came in. ‘I’m so happy, Hoca,’ his friend gushed, ‘I’m about to get married. Hoca, have you … Continue reading →

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The Henry Brothers’ blogroll. Who are these people?

Posted on July 16, 2011 by

Like many bloggers we’ve included a “blogroll”, a list of links to other blogs and websites we think you may enjoy. But we wanted to give you a little more information about them than can be found in the basic … Continue reading →

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Strong Wind – a Native American Cinderella story

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

Strong Wind Once there was a great warrior named Strong Wind. He lived with his sister in a tent on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. Strong Wind had an amazing power. He was able to make himself invisible. His … Continue reading →

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The Tea Master and the Samurai – a Japanese folktale

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

Once there was a famous Japanese tea master called Sen no Rikyu. Rikyu was a spiritual man who believed in simplicity and the beauty of nature. When he performed the tea ceremony he would carefully choose beautiful but simple pots … Continue reading →

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The Worry Tree

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

The Worry Tree ! Paresh, an Indian carpenter I once hired to help me restore my old farmhouse, had just finished a difficult and hard first day on the job. A flat tyre on his lorry made him lose an … Continue reading →

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Eskişehir this weekend

John and Paul will be performing Kamishibai Man and other storytelling activities for the classroom this weekend (May 7th) at the Gelişim Koleji ELT Conference in Eskişehir. There’a a registration form on the school website http://www.e-gelisim.org/tr/ or e-mail bulent.ozcan@gelisimkoleji.k12.tr for … Continue reading →

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The Henry Brothers in Ankara this Saturday (May 5th)

Paul and I will be plenary speakers at the 8th Buyuk Koleji ELT conference on Saturday in Ankara, with our storytelling presentation – Kamishibai Man. Kamishibai means ‘paper theatre’ and is part of a long tradition of picture storytelling in … Continue reading →

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Ela Moorcroft – Natural born teacher?

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

This video clip of John’s 8-year-old daughter telling a story has all the elements of a good ELT activity. Without any prompting from dad, who wasn’t even there, Ela: – pre-teaches key vocabulary, using realia (“this is a watermelon, except … Continue reading →

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Stone Soup – a folktale for the classroom

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Due to popular demand we’ve posted this brilliant version of Stone Soup. It’s taken from Erik K Taylor’s wonderful book ‘Using Folktales’ published by Cambridge University Press. It’s got a great chorus which lends itself to stirring vigorously and miming … Continue reading →

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