Relative Clauses: Unlocking the Secrets of Descriptive Language

Relative Clauses: Unlocking the Secrets of Descriptive Language
1 / 19
volgende
Slide 1: Tekstslide
EngelsMiddelbare schoolvwoLeerjaar 4

In deze les zitten 19 slides, met interactieve quizzen en tekstslides.

Onderdelen in deze les

Relative Clauses: Unlocking the Secrets of Descriptive Language

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Deze slide heeft geen instructies

Objective
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to use relative clauses to create descriptive sentences.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

This slide sets the learning objective for the lesson. Make sure to explain it clearly to the students.
Definition of Relative Clauses
Relative clauses are clauses starting with the relative pronouns who, whom, whose, that, where or which. They are used to add information to a sentence.

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Introduce the concept of relative clauses and provide examples. Encourage students to take notes.
Identifying Relative Clauses
Relative clauses can be identified by the relative pronouns and the fact that they add information to a sentence. For example: The book, which is on the table, is mine.

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Provide examples of relative clauses and explain how to identify them.
Commas and Relative Clauses
When a relative clause is used to add non-essential information to a sentence, it should be separated by commas. For example: My brother, who is a doctor, lives in New York.

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Explain the use of commas with relative clauses and provide examples.
Types of Relative Clauses
There are two types of relative clauses: defining and non-defining. 
a) Defining relative clauses:  provide essential information to a sentence and are not separated by commas. 
b) Non-defining relative clauses provide extra, non-essential information and are separated by commas.

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Explain the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses and provide examples.
Relative pronouns 
(betrekkelijke voornaamwoorden)


who: for people/sometimes animals
which: refers to things
where: refers to...
that: restrictive clauses, for things
whom: refers to people (of an object pronoun)
whose: refers to people (indicates possession 

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Deze slide heeft geen instructies

Defining relative clauses give us...
A
Extra information
B
Essential information

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

Deze slide heeft geen instructies

Non-defining relative clauses give us...
A
Extra information
B
Essential information

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

Deze slide heeft geen instructies

Relative Clauses:
The village in .........I lived had really changed
A
that
B
which
C
whom
D
who

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Deze slide heeft geen instructies

Relative clauses:
Xander's best friend,... is older than he is, is working as a teacher
A
who
B
that
C
whom
D
which

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

Deze slide heeft geen instructies

Relative clauses:
The man ... car was stolen was on the news
A
which
B
whose
C
that
D
who

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Deze slide heeft geen instructies

What do commas do in non-defining relative clauses?
A
Replace the relative pronoun
B
Introduce the non-defining relative clause
C
Set off the non-defining relative clause
D
Indicate a defining relative clause

Slide 13 - Quizvraag

Deze slide heeft geen instructies

Practice: Defining Relative Clauses
Complete the sentence with a defining relative clause: The person _____ helped me was my best friend.

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Have students complete the sentence with a defining relative clause. Provide feedback and correct answers.
Complete the sentence with a defining relative clause: The person _____ helped me was my best friend.

Slide 15 - Open vraag

Deze slide heeft geen instructies

Complete the sentence with a non-defining relative clause: My favorite teacher, _____ , is retiring next year.

Slide 16 - Open vraag

Deze slide heeft geen instructies

Writing Exercise
Write a paragraph describing your favourite place using at least two relative clauses.

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Encourage students to use relative clauses in their writing. Provide feedback and corrections.
Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Slide 18 - Open vraag

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.
Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

Slide 19 - Open vraag

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.