06 Grammar Relative Clause9898
06 Grammar Relative Clause9898
Topic:
Lesson and standards:
Brain Drain
Grammar: Relative clause: Language development Unit 8
Students‘ book, Post cards, visual aids, chalkboard
Estimated Time: 90 minutes
Material: Lesson 6
Source: GATEWAY 2
Seating Arrangement: Pair work, cooperative learning, questioning
GLOBAL OBJECTIVES: by the end of the lesson students will be able to
Use relative pronouns effectively
Tasks and Steps / procedures Timing Observations
Objectives
What is a clause and a defining clause?
A Clause is a part of a sentence that usually contains a Subject and a Verb. It is
Ice breaker
usually connected to the other part of the Sentence by a Conjunction. It is not a
5 mn
complete sentence on its own.
A defining relative clause gives essential information about the noun or noun phrase
it modifies, without which the sentence would not make sense as the listener or
reader would not be able to identify the noun in the sentence.
A. Chaibia‘s painting were mainly about rural life because its origin, her root and a
Exploring
place where she had nice moments.
From the text
B. Clauses in the text
R. N.R
√
Clauses
1. Who become famous
2. who started painting when she was still a young girl √
√
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3. which depicted the Moroccan rural life
√
4. who lived to 85
√
Restriction 1
5. who appears in her paintings
6. who painted without formal training √
C. Restricted or not?
R N-R
√
Clauses
1. who returned to the country to exploit their
potentials
√
2. who owns a well-renewed restaurant in 10 mn
Washington D.C.
√
Restriction 2 3. which caught fire in Paris last night
living abroad
√
3. who left his country in search for appropriate
environment to fulfill his project in biology
Sentences It modifies
1. Do you know the girl who/whom I danced with? object
2. Do you know the girl who/whom danced with me? subject 10 mn
3. The apples that lying on the table are bad? subject
4. The apples that we bought in the shop are bad object
5. We will stay at a hotel which is not far from the beach subject
6. We will stay at a hotel which my friend has recommended to us object
F. Omitted or not 5 mn
Omitted 4, 5, 6
Not omitted: 1, 2, 3
62 READYMADE LESSON PLANS BASED ON SECOND YEAR BAC SYLLABUS- Abdesalam ZOUITA