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How To Teach Relative Clauses: An ESL Lesson Plan

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How To Teach Relative Clauses: An ESL Lesson Plan

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  1. RC1.1 Introduction to relative clauses:who,thatandwhich Lesson1/8 Thezebraisananimalthat livesinAfrica.

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  3. RelativeClauses When we begin to learn English, we learn very basic sentences.Forexample: Thegirliswearingglasses. Doyouknowthegirl? But,wecancreatemoreadvancedsentences using relative clauses. The girl appears in both sentences, so we can use a relative clausetomakeone sentence.Insteadof repeating thegirl,wecanreplacethegirlwith who. Doyouknowthegirlwhoiswearingglasses? Thisisarelativeclause!

  4. RelativeClauses A relative clause or adjective clause can be used to join twosentencesortogivemoreinformationaboutsomething. Thegirliswearingglasses. Doyouknowthegirl? Doyouknow thegirlwhoiswearingglasses? Here, the relative clause provides information about the noun, the girl. We call it an adjective clause because just like an adjective it givesinformationabout anoun.

  5. Herearesomemorerelativeclauses Canyoufind: …the woman who is applyingsunscreen? …the boy who is buildingasnowman? …themanwhois wearing three watches? …theanimalthatis playingtheguitar? …themanwhois takinganap? Noticethatweusewho whenwearedescribingpeopleand thatwhenwearedescribingthings.

  6. Makingarelativeclause Let’s combinethesetwosentencesusingarelativeclause. Theman is tired. Hehasbeenworkingallday. First,replacethepronounhewiththerelativepronoun who,becausethisisdescribingaperson. Theman is tired. whohasbeenworkingallday. Now,we mustput therelativeclauseafter the nounit describes(theman). Themanwhohasbeenworkingalldayistired.

  7. Relativepronounsandrelativeadverbs Relative clauses are introduced by a relative pronoun, such as who, that, whose, or a relative adverb, such as when, where, why. Theclausesalways containaverb. Arelativeclausecanbeusedtodescribe asubjectoranobject. Thomasatethecake. subject object Thomasate thecakethatwasonthetable. The relative clause is describing the object of the sentence,thecake.

  8. Relativepronounsandrelativeadverbs Here, the relative clause describes the subject of the sentence. Thomasatethecake. subject object Thomas, whowasreally hungry,atethecake. Therelativeclauseisdescribingthesubjectofthe sentence,Thomas.

  9. Aruleforrelativeclauses Arelativeclausealwaysfollowsthenounitmodifies. Studentswhoaskquestionslearnalotmore. Whichstudents learn more? Studentswhoaskquestions. SheworethedressthatIboughtforher. Whichdressdid she wear? ThedressthatIboughtforher

  10. Let’slearnsomerelativepronouns! Whoisusedtodescribepeople. Themanwhoisstandingat thebusstopismyfather. Thatandwhichareusedtodescribethings. Ingeneral,thatispreferredinNorthAmericanEnglish. Thebookthat isonthetablebelongstome. Thebook,whichwetalkedabout,isonsalethisweek. Sometimeswealsousethattodescribepeople. Thisismoreinformal. Themanthat isstandingat thebusstopismyfather.

  11. Timetopractice Canyoucombinethetwosentencesusingarelativeclause withwhoor that?Morethanoneanswermaybepossible. Imeta woman.Sheis a professorat thelocal university. Imeta woman whois a professor atthelocal university. Weboughtahouse.Itis100yearsold. Shejoinedagym.Itisnearherhouse. The taxi driver was really nice. He drove me to the airport. Wewatchedamovie.Themoviewasaboutamurder.

  12. Morepractice… Canyoudescribethefollowingjobsusingarelativeclause? Forexample:Anarchitectisa personwhodesignsbuildings. Afashion designer is a person. Anathleteis a person. Amechanic is a person. Apilot is a person. Acivil engineeris a person.

  13. WhoamI? Readeachscenarioandguesstheanswer. Usearelativeclauseinyouranswer. Iamapersonwhosellsfruitsand vegetables. Iamapersonwhosellsmeat products. Iamapersonwhotakescareofsick animals. Iamapersonwhogrowsfoodand raisesanimalsonfarms.

  14. Yourturn… Nowthinkofajobanddescribeitusingarelativeclause. Thisis a personwho. Youcanchooseoneofthefollowingjobsorthinkof yourown. accountant,actor,author,baker, carpenter, coach, dentist, doctor,editor,engineer, firefighter, journalist, judge, lawyer, musician, nurse, policeman, politician, teacher, waiter

  15. WhatamI? Can you describe the following household items using a relativeclause? Arefrigerator is a thing. Avacuum is a thing. Anovenis a thing. Ablender is a thing. Knives,forks and spoons arethings. Acoffee machine is a thing.

  16. Whichanimalisthis? Nowthinkofananimalanddescribeitusingarelativeclause. Thisisananimalthat. Chooseoneofthefollowinganimals,orthinkofyourown. alligator, bear, bee, bird, cat, chicken, cow, dog, duck, elephant, fish, frog, giraffe, horse,kangaroo,lion,monkey, rabbit, shark, snake, spider, turtle,zebra

  17. Guesswho? Readthedescriptionwithrelativeclauses. Canyouguesswhoitis? This person, who was born in 1958, hassixbrothersandsisters. Heisfamousforsingingsongsthat arepopularallovertheworld. He was a great dancer who was famousforthemoonwalk. This man, who is often called the KingofPop,passedawayin2009.

  18. Guesswho? Readthedescriptionwithrelativeclauses. Canyouguesswhoitis? Thisman,whowasastrongadvocateof peace, was a leader of India’s IndependenceMovement. His belief that people should live simply wasaninspirationformanypeople. This man who inspired many Nobel PeacePrizewinners,neverreceiveda NobelPeacePrize.

  19. Whatisit? Readthedescriptionwithrelativeclauses. Canyouguesswhatitis? Thisissomethingthatgives peopleenergy. Thisissomethingthatmany people have in the morning allthroughouttheworld. It is something that you can havewithorwithoutmilkand sugar.

  20. Whatisit? Readthedescriptionwithrelativeclauses. Canyouguesswhatitis? Thisissomethingthatwent on sale in 1983, and at that timeitcostalmost$4000! This is something that peoplesaytheycouldn’tlive without (and over 3 billion peoplehave). Thisissomethingthatmakes communicatingmucheasier.

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