-- VARIATION ON AN OLD RHYME by John Mole
When Grandad Was a Penguin
Daft doodles
Solitude – A.A. Milne
Bookworm: A memoir of childhood reading
The Writing Life
Happy 200th birthday Frankenstein
Cornucopia – Turkish history, culture, art
Real werewolf stories
Is there such a thing as correct English anyway?
Up-Hill – a poem by Christina Rossetti
Muddy Road
I Categorically Deny It
Don’t Use Big Words!!
Words of wisdom from Chief Tecumseh
Poetry Group Slam
From Havamal, a Viking poem
Hallowe’en – A Dark Dark Wood, Witches, Warlocks and Ghouls!
Two Travellers Meet by Chance Inside a Phrase-Book
Poetry nonsense no. 1 – the double dactyl
Welcome to My World
Visit the University of Cambridge this summer
Saloua Raouda Choucair at the Tate Modern, London
The Trail of the Grock
Nazim Hikmet – The Optimistic Man
Tongues Made of Glass
Water – A folktale from Canada
from My Heart Soars
Bin Trouble
What Do Women Really Want?
10 Most Amazing Slam Poets
A Traditional Apple Wassail Rhyme for the New Year
Orange
Duet by Fred Richardson
The Unluckiest Man in the World – Co-constructed Storytelling
Poetry Group Slam
Say, Did You Say?
Mind Map Baby
Skeleton Story
Armchair Action Man – Fun with poems
Reach for the Stars with a Book
The Henry Brothers will be in Antalya on June 1st
Miracle Workers by Taylor Mali
Celery by Ogden Nash
Teacher of the week – the school days of Usain Bolt
No Joke! Three Cheers for the Pleasures of Smoking
Rhythmic Raps
Charles Dickens on childhood reading – “Where We Stopped Growing”
We got rhythm – a poem by Mike Jubb
The Stonecutter – a Japanese version of the folktale
I Asked The Little Boy Who Cannot See
Think Carefully Before Reading This
Marshall ‘Soulful’Jones – A ‘Şiirbaz’ and his poem ‘Touchscreen’
English Breakfast Baguette or Rules Rule
From Poem to Story – using a poem as a catalyst for writing.
A B C
Love is…..Musings on the Nature of Love
Good with Children and Dogs – Jan Dean an itinerant poet.
Introducing Kamishibai in Turkey- The Henry Brothers interviewed by Tara McGowan of Kamishibai for Kids
Nonsense Verse – Heard of What?
My Teacher Identity – a poetic response to the Henry Brothers by Richard Gresswell of ELT Bites
Karagöz and Hacivat Shadow Theatre – A Turkish Storytelling Tradition
The Bee-Keeper
Chinese Year of the Dragon- 2012: The Dragon and the Rooster – A Chinese Folk Tale
Searching for Shadows…
John Milton on Freedom
Pound Land
This Poem….
That is Poetry – Emily Dickinson
Bloody Men
My Dad’s Amazing!
SILENT, BUT…
Ecclesiastes 3,1-8
Today and Tomorrow
Until I Saw The Sea – Lilian Moore
The Monkey and the Crocodile – a Folk Tale.
Private? No!
The Magic of Teaching – Özel Ayşe Abla – 7th January 2012
Alabama
‘E Loves Her….
The Little Boy and the Old Man – Shel Silverstein
This is just to say…..
The Thief and the Blanket
Spontaneous Poem
The Star-Wife….a folktale from South America.
My Boom Boom Boomerang
The Old Knight and the Dragon’s Tale.
Bear In There – Shel Silverstein
The Wood Burning Stove Flue
Teacher
The Conker King
Vampire Killer Starter Pack
Home Time
Secrets – Judith Viorst
The Listeners – Walter De La Mare
The Wisdom of Standing Bear
Thursday’s Child Has Far To Go.
Tools of our Trade – Papier-Mâché
Tongues Made of Glass
The First Bit – Coral Rumble
Vampires – Down at the Hotel Dread
Hallowe’en – A Dark Dark Wood, Witches, Warlocks and Ghouls!
Peach Boy
The Fabulous Costa Rica Brothers
Diane Ackerman’s “100 Names for Love” – language lessons rebuild a man’s life
The Story of the Ka Mate Haka.
The Undley Bracteate – The First Recorded Sentence In English.
Dragons: Dangerous or Docile? – ‘Dragons’ Wood’, a poem by Brian Moses.
Subway hero – a true story (with activities for the ELT classroom)
ELT traveller’s tales – R. B. McKerrow in Japan, 1898
How to write a school play – an example from the late 1500s
The Perfect Husband
The Perfect Wife; a tale by Nasreddin Hoca
‘Lone Dog’ a poem by Irene Rutherford Mcleod (1891-)
How I Met Myself – a reflection on the use of graded readers in ELT….
“Capability” Brown – landscape gardener. And role model for teachers.
Describing the kangaroo: poetry in the ELT classroom
The Henry Brothers’ blogroll. Who are these people?
Who are the Henry Brothers?
Ages of Man – a traditional poem
Strong Wind – a Native American Cinderella story
Our Cambridge English primary costumes
51 Ways to Lose a Balloon – a poem by Craig Raine
B2 or not B2? Shakespeare in the ELT classroom
The Tea Master and the Samurai – a Japanese folktale
Once Upon a Time – a poem by Gabriel Okara
Men in slap – The Henry Brothers’ favourite facepainting
The Power of Image – a presentation for ELT teachers
The Worry Tree
The Old Man’s Song – an Inuit poem
High Flight – a poem by John Gillespie Magee
“Are teachers magic?” An ELT conference plenary by magician Doruk Ülgen
Cakes and Cider – An Urban Myth.
“Crossword Work” by the artist Nancy Holt
We are Seven.
In Beauty May I Walk – a Navajo chant
A Chance in France – a poem by Pie Corbett
English is tough stuff
Off the Map – a poem by Peter Green
Ela Moorcroft – Natural born teacher?
Football Story – a poem by John Foster
What happens if you add a sicle to your pop? – a poem by Shel Silverstein
Falling in Love is Like Owning a Dog – a poem by Taylor Mali
Stone Soup – a folktale for the classroom
An exchange of ideas – with poet Thomas Traherne
Counting Sheep with the Celtic numbering system; yan, tan, tethera…
From ‘The Seafarer’……Anglo-Saxon Poem
The Witch, the Maid and the Gold in the Chimney -with tips on how to tell it…
Istek 2011 in Pyjamas – an ELT conference report
Kamishibai Men – a Japanese storytelling tradition
Poetry Slam
The ancient art of Pung Chu – a kinesthetic punctuation activity for language teachers
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sounds like one of Tim Burton’s poems! Amazing!
Thanks for that Elbrigaking…just stopped by your blog and loved your illustrations especially the punk pineapple! Now that could be an alliterative poem – fruit subcultures! Bohemian bananas and rockabilly raisins??!!:)