ADJECTIVE CLAUSE OR RELATIVE CLAUSE - UNIT LESSON PLAN

This Unit Plan is perfect for teaching Clauses - Adjective Clause or Relative Clause. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement.

After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to:

• Define a clause and its components.
• List the properties of relative clauses with examples.
• Explain the role of relative pronouns and relative adverbs in forming adjective clauses.
• Identify the adjective clauses used as essential and non-essential information.
• Exercise error identification to ensure that adjective clauses are placed correctly and they are not dangling.
• Use adjective clauses in writing to vary sentence structure.

This Download Includes:

SESSION 1: REMEMBERING

• EXERCISE 1: Match the terms with their meaning.

SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING

• EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Adjective Clauses – to answer the following question.
• 1. Define of an adjective clause with two examples. Identify the nouns or pronouns modified, adjective clauses and how they function in the sentences.
• 2. List the types of adjective clauses with two examples each. Identify the nouns or pronouns modified, adjective clauses, punctuation rules and their function.
• 3. List the uses of relative pronouns with examples. Identify the nouns or pronouns modified, uses of relative pronouns, verbs and adjective clauses.
• EXERCISE 3: Review the properties of relative clauses and identify the elements from the examples.
• EXERCISE 4: Take the following quiz to demonstrate your understanding of adjective clauses.

SESSION 3: APPLYING

• EXERCISE 5: Identify the relative pronouns or relative adverbs in the following adjective clauses based on their functional classification in the following examples.
• EXERCISE 6: Identify the relative pronouns or adverbs used to form adjective clauses – Part 1-2.

SESSION 4: ANALYSING

• EXERCISE 7: Identify the placement (embedded or placed last) of adjective clauses based on their structural classification in the following examples.
• EXERCISE 8: Decide the type of adjective clauses used in sentences based on their functions.
• EXERCISE 9: Identify the adjective clauses in the given text – Part 1-2.
• EXERCISE 10: Fill in the blanks with appropriate relative pronouns, relative adverbs or adjective clauses.
• EXERCISE 11: Analyse the use of adjective clause in writing – Part 1-2.

SESSION 5: EVALUATING

• EXERCISE 12: Review the common errors writers make due to misplaced and dangling modifiers in the following examples.
• EXERCISE 13: Exercise error identification to ensure that all modifiers are placed correctly and there are no dangling modifiers – Part 1-3.

SESSION 6: CREATING

• EXERCISE 14: Choose any one of the following to demonstrate your writing skills using adjective clauses.

Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:

• To challenge early finishers
• For effective tutoring
• As ESL stations and sub tubs
• As holiday work and homework
• For small group collaborations
• For an end of unit assessments 
• For reinforcement and enrichment

More Clauses Resources by the same Author:

• Clause Types
• Relative Clause
• Noun Clause
• Adverbial Clause
• Adjective Clause

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