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Author Archives: The Henry Brothers
VARIATION ON AN OLD RHYME by John Mole
VARIATION ON AN OLD RHYME by John Mole This is the blackbird that wakes with a song. This is the sun That shines for the blackbird that wakes with a song. This is the earth That welcomes the sun That … Continue reading
When Grandad Was a Penguin
In the new picture book When Grandad was a Penguin by Morag Hood, a child”s grandfather accidentally swaps places with a penguin during a visit to the local zoo. This leads scenes of great comedy as the penguin tries to … Continue reading
Posted in Reading, The Henry Brothers
Tagged books, images, Morag Hood, penguin, school
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Daft doodles
All language teachers draw a little, we have to. The Instagram page, Daft Doodles, is by one language teacher who is very good at it, Dave McClure. Enjoy.
Solitude – A.A. Milne
For those moments when you just need to be alone. I have a house where I go When there’s too many people, I have a house where I go Where no one can be; I have a house where I … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Henry Brothers
Tagged A A Milne, Now We Are Six, poem, Solitude, Winnie The Pooh
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Bookworm: A memoir of childhood reading
Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by British journalist and author Lucy Mangan is an autobiography with a special focus on the books that she read as a child, and is now reading to her own young son. Lucy Mangan … Continue reading
Posted in Reading, The Henry Brothers
Tagged books, Bookworm, children's reading, Education, Lucy Mangan, Reading, school, writing
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The Writing Life
In his book on the writing process, Draft No. 4, and his series of articles on the writing process for New Yorker magazine, journalist and Princeton University writing teacher John McPhee describes: how he once lay on his back on … Continue reading
Posted in The Henry Brothers, writing
Tagged creativity, John McPhee, New Yorker, writing
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Happy 200th birthday Frankenstein
“My name is Victor Frankenstein.” 2018 is the 200th birthday of the world’s most famous monster, Frankenstein. The book by Mary Shelley was first published in 1818, but even in the early years the story was better known as a … Continue reading
Posted in ELT, Storytelling, The Henry Brothers
Tagged ELT, Frankenstein, Horror, school, teaching
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Cornucopia – Turkish history, culture, art
We thought it was time to include a plug for Cornucopia, a wonderful resource for discovering so much that is excellent in Turkey. This twice-yearly magazine on art and culture is augmented with a website with articles, an online store for … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, The Henry Brothers, Turkey, Turkish
Tagged Art, books, cornucopia, culture, History, Istanbul, Turkey, Turkish
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Real werewolf stories
The full moon was Saturday night but it will be pretty large for a few more days. Time perhaps for some werewolf stories. These 8 stories go back hundreds of years and are myths of people that were really believed … Continue reading
Posted in ELT, Folktales, The Henry Brothers, werewolf
Tagged classroom, English, real werewolves, Storytelling, werewolf, werewolves
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Is there such a thing as correct English anyway?
Sam Leith is fond of the quotation “When you go fishing, you bait the hook with what the fish likes, not with what you like.” In his new book Write to the Point, Leith begins by jumping into a controversial … Continue reading
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Tagged Sam Leith, school, teaching, writing
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The Henry Brothers' Jim Jam Slam 