-- 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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