Session 10:  Overview
 

Summary
This week our topic is relative clauses.

Lesson Goals
After completing the session, students will have a better understanding of the following structures:
 

•       Relative pronouns

•     Relative clauses

• Relative pronouns
• When relative pronouns are optional
• When 'that' can be used as a relative pronoun
• The structure of relative clauses
• The 'gap' in relative clauses
• Headless relative clauses
• WH BE deletion in relative clauses

Please remember to check Classroom Announcements in the Center.

Please check the syllabus  for changes.

For the assignments from the Grammar Book, you will find group numbers indicated in the Center.  For this session your groups will be as follows:  Group 1 - if your last name begins with A through G.  Group 2 - if your last name begins with H through M.  Group 3 - if your last name begins with N through W.  Please post in the appropriate item, according to your last name;  however, I encourage you to read the postings from the other groups and respond to them if you wish.  The groups are the same as last time.  Post both your discussion of the questions and your teaching suggestion under your group.

• Read chapters 28-29 in the Grammar Book.   Please note that we are skipping chapter 27.  Ask questions and make comments in the Center.
• Do the following exercises ON YOUR OWN.   Grammar Book, pages 587-8, ex. 1, 3 and 4;  pages 607-8, ex. 3, 4, 5 and 6.  As usual, the answers are given at the back of the book. Do the exercises yourself and check your answers.  Then discuss problematic items and compare notes with your colleagues in the Center.
• Choose ONE Teaching Suggestion from EITHER chapter 28 OR 29 and discuss it in the Center.  Choose one that you have never used before but that you think would be valuable to try.  Put your comments within your group spaces as assigned above.
• For practice I have included an exercise on relative clauses with the answers.  Feel free to do it.  Relative Clause Exercise.
• I am assigning the third and last group presentation project, which will be due up and running by December 15th.  Group Presentation 3.

I have one lecture that covers what I would like you to know about relative clauses.   You will notice that my approach is sometimes different from the textbook.  I hope that the two complement each other.

• Relative clauses.