Evening English Exchange Lesson Plan

Names Abby White & Lung Ying Suet Michelle

Date May 23th, 2018

Topic Noun Clauses and Adjective Clauses

Objectives 1. Students will recognize noun clauses and adjective clauses in

sentences.
2. Students will construct three sentences with accurate noun clause
usage.

Materials 1. PowerPoint - Michelle

2. Information Sheets x 30 - Abby
3. Oreo x 2 - Michelle & Abby
4. Color Papers (Posters) x 15 - Michelle
5. Whiteboard pen x 16 - Abby
6. Sticky notes x 30 - Abby
7. Video - Michelle
8. Labelled Water Bottles x 2 - Abby
9. Passage & Answer Key - Abby

Lesson Procedures
Anticipatory Set “Who am I?” (10 minutes)
(1-minute instruction; 2-minute writing down names; 7-minute names guessing)
1. This activity is designed to help students get to know each other, improve the class
rapport, and create a risk-taking learning environment.
2. Each student is given a sticky note.
3. Write down a name which is commonly known by others onto the sticky notes i.e.
Obama, Joseph Smith, Nephi, Harry Potter, etc.
4. Their sticky notes will be collected. Each one of them will be given a different sticky
notes. They are required to stick the note onto their foreheads. They cannot see what
the words are on the stick notes.
5. Walk around the classroom and ask others yes-no questions which can help them
guess who “they” are. Here are some of the examples of the yes-no questions: Am I a
real person? Am I an American? Am I a movie character? Am I a Disney cartoon?
6. The goal is to guess who “they” are in 7 minutes.

Instructional Sequence (30 minutes)

Brainstorming (5 minutes)
1. The class will be divided into 2 groups. Students will be given a number (1 or 2).
Number-1 students will be given an information sheet about noun clauses while
Number-2 students will be given an information sheet about adjective clauses.
2. They will be given 5 minutes to read the information and to be an expert of the noun
clauses or adjective clauses.
Discussion (5 minutes)
1. They will then be sitting in a circle with those who have the same numbers as them.
Number Ones on one side while Number Twos on the other side.
 2. Conduct a 5-minute discussion on the information they read just now. Discuss on
these few items: (a) What is noun clause/ adjective clause? (b) Why do we use the
noun clause/ adjective clause? (c) What are some of the examples of noun clauses/
adjective clauses?, (d) How do we form noun clauses/ adjective clauses”?
3. Michelle and Abby will be in different groups monitoring their discussions. They will
ask students follow-up questions if their discussions end very quickly.
4. Follow-up questions: How many kinds of noun clauses are there? Can you give me
more examples of noun clauses? How often do we use noun clauses? What are
adjective clauses used to do?
5. Michelle and Abby will check if they are ready to move onto the next topic.

Video (5 minutes)
1. A video will be shown to students.

Poster Session (10 minutes)

1. Find a partner that has a different number (Number-1 student will be paired up with
Number-2 student.)
2. Share with the partner about what you have learnt from the discussion and information
sheets in 2 minutes.
3. Use the remaining 8 minutes to make a poster on the similarities and differences of
two clauses. Construct two sentences of each clause.

Sharing (5 minutes)
1. Find another group. Present your poster to another group.
2. Check if both groups have the same information.
3. Give each other compliments and advice for improvement.

Summative Assessment (5 minutes)

1. Each student is given a paper. They need to identify noun clauses and adjective
clauses. If the clause is a noun clause, they need to identify which type of noun clause
that is.

Closure (10 minutes)

Water Bottle Game
1. Form a big circle.
2. Two groups will compete against each other.
3. We will read a passage which contains noun clauses and adjective clauses.
4. There will be two water bottles placed in the middle of the circle.
5. Once they hear noun clauses, they need to get the water bottle which has a label
“noun clauses” on it. There will be a water bottle which has a label “adjective clauses”
on it.

Facts about Adjective Clauses

· An Adjective clause will always have a subject and a verb

· An Adjective clause will function like an adjective in a sentence
· An Adjective clause will always follow a relative pronoun or a relative adverb
 Relative Pronouns that Precede Adjective Clauses

Who Whom Whose That Which

*Be careful! Some of these markers are used for noun clauses as well
*Remember that an adjective clause will be describing the noun

Relative Adverbs that Precede Adjective Clauses

When Where Why

Formula for Noun Clauses

· Noun + Relative pronoun/adverb + Adjective Clause

Examples of Adjective Clauses

· The people whose names are on the list will go to camp.
· Grandpa remembers the old days when there was no television.

· Fruit that is grown organically is expensive.

· Students who are intelligent get good grades.

· Eco-friendly cars that run on electricity help the environment

Extra Notes

Facts about Noun Clauses

· A noun clause will always have a subject and a verb

· A noun clause can replace a noun in a sentence
· A noun clause will always follow a clause marker
·

Clause Markers for Noun Clauses

That If Who What When Where Why How Which

*Be careful some of these markers are used for adjective clauses as well
* The clause marker that will often be deleted after a verb

Formulas for Noun Clauses

· Verb + Clause Marker + Noun Clause

· Adjective + Clause Marker + Noun Clause
· Preposition + Clause Marker + Noun Clause

Examples of Noun Clauses

· 1. Please tell me who left his shoes on the floor.

· 2. Whoever is the last one to leave turns off the lights.
· 3. The boy with the red shirt is who I want on my team
· 4. I think that the assignment is hard

Extra Notes
 Practice Time! (student copy)

The carpets which you bought last year have gone moldy.

The book that I bought yesterday was boring.

I know that I am failing math.

The dress that she is wearing is pink and purple.

The biology class that is in the Mckay Building is so interesting.

I believe that he is innocent.

She said that she can speak three languages.

The article which she wrote was well researched.

My dog will eat whatever food I give him.

The winner will be whoever gets the most votes.

Practice Time! (teacher copy)

The carpets which you bought last year have gone moldy. (Adjective clause)

The book that I bought yesterday was boring. (Adjective clause

I know that I am failing math (noun clause)

The dress that she is wearing is pink and purple (adjective clause)

The biology class that is in the Mckay Building is so interesting (adjective clause)

I believe that he is innocent (noun clause)

She said that she can speak three languages (noun clause)

The article which she wrote was well researched (adjective clause)

My dog will eat whatever food I give him (noun clause)

The winner will be whoever gets the most votes (noun clause)
 Noun Clause vs Adjective Clause Passage

One day I was walking to biology class and I thought that I heard a noise (noun clause).

I turned around and saw my friend who was running late to English class (adjective clause). He

started to ask for my help on his grammar homework because he did not know the difference

between adjective and noun clauses. I said that noun clauses are really easy because they take

the place of a noun (Noun clause) I realized that he did not know noun clauses need both a

subject and a verb (noun clause) After I helped him understand noun clauses we talked about

adjective clauses. I taught him that adjective clauses give us details about the noun (noun

clause) He then showed me an assignment that was very long and said that he needed help

finishing it. (adjective clause). We identified the noun clauses and adjective clauses on the

paper. When we finished he said that he was very glad I could help him. (noun clause) I then

went to the biology class that I was now late too (adjective clause). Even though the teacher

said that I was going to lose points for being tardy, I was happy to help my friend. (noun clause)