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Mini Lesson Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses

This mini-lesson focuses on teaching relative pronouns and relative clauses to learners. It includes step-by-step instructions for engaging students in identifying and using relative clauses with examples and exercises. The lesson emphasizes the importance of relative pronouns like 'who,' 'that,' 'which,' and 'whose' in providing additional information in sentences.

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Mini Lesson Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses

This mini-lesson focuses on teaching relative pronouns and relative clauses to learners. It includes step-by-step instructions for engaging students in identifying and using relative clauses with examples and exercises. The lesson emphasizes the importance of relative pronouns like 'who,' 'that,' 'which,' and 'whose' in providing additional information in sentences.

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Mini-Lesson: Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses

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Step 1 Start the lesson by asking learners this question: What do you like to do? Write the answers on the board using
complete sentences. For example: Regina likes to go to the mall. or Daniel likes to play soccer.

Step 2 Tell learners that we can add more information to these sentences by using relative clauses. Write some examples like
these under the sentences on the board:
• Regina, who is my friend, likes to go to the mall.
• Daniel, who is a boy in my class, likes to play soccer.
Elicit the extra information they can now read in the sentences. Explain that now there are relative clauses in the sentences that
help give more information. By adding more information, we make clear which thing or person we are talking about.

Step 3 Now, ask learners to examine the sentences to discover what was added in each case. Elicit that the extra information
was added with the word who. Explain that we begin relative clauses with four relative pronouns: who, that, which, and
whose.
Copy this table on the board and use it to explain how to use each relative pronoun.
We use it for people.
who Regina is a girl who likes to go to the mall.

We use it for people, things, or animals.


that Can you find me a shirt that has a different color?

We use it for things.


which I like the red cap which is in the window display.

We use it to show possession.


whose This is the shop whose ad I saw in the paper.

Step 4 Work with the whole group to say more sentences using relative pronouns in relative clauses. Here are some ideas.
• The backpack which contains the books is on the desk.
• Alicia, whose pen can write in four different colors, sits next to me.
• I would like to have a pen that can write in four different colors too.

Write more examples on the board and ask learners to observe the parts in bold. Ask them to point out the relative pronouns.
Then, invite learners to underline the relative clauses in each sentence.

1. She is my new teacher who just arrived from London. who


2. This is the house that my parents just bought. that
3. I’m buying a new computer which works faster. which
4. He is the boy whose dog got lost yesterday. whose
Step 5 Divide the group into small teams. Ask learners to work with their teammates to identify the relative clause in each
sentence and underline the relative pronoun.

That is the department store which was robbed yesterday. which was robbed yesterday
The person who robbed the department store got away. who robbed the department store got away
A boy whose sister is in my class was at the department store yesterday. whose sister is in my class was at the department
store yesterday
The robber wore an outfit which made him look like an old person. which made him look like an old person
A woman who was in the fitting rooms cried for help. who was in the fitting rooms cried for help
The customers that were near the fitting rooms got scared and ran. that were near the fitting rooms got scared and ran
The situation which got out of control enabled the robber to get away. which got out of control enabled the robber to
get away

Once they finish, encourage the teams to check each other’s work.

References:

British Council. (n.d.). Relative pronouns and relative clauses. Retrieved from https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/relative-pronouns-relative-clauses
Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). Introduction and general usage in defining clauses. Purdue University. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/relative_pronouns/index.html

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