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Period 2: A lesson plan for Learning about Language (The Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause) Aims:

1.To learn about the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clause

2.To discover some useful words and expressions

3.To discover some useful structures Procedures: Step1 Warming up 1.Warming up by discovering useful words and expressions, Please turn to page 3. Do exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4 first. Please check your answers against your classmates’.

2.Warming up by explaining Now, class, since you’ve read the passage, could you explain to me how to use the phrase “belong to”? The word “to” here is a preposition, indicating the possession, and is always followed by nouns or pronoun. Look at Ex 3. The preposition “at” indicates a state, condition or continuous activity. So we can replace them or express them by using a present-continuous tense. Step2. Learning about Attributive Clause

The man who I talked with is our teacher.

A person

who steals things is called a thief.

1. What is an adjective Clause? An adjective clause is a dependent clause which takes the place of an adjective in another clause or phrase. Like an adjective, an adjective clause modifies a noun or pronoun, answering questions like “which?” or “what kind of?” Consider the following examples: Adjective :

the red coat Adjective clause : the coat which I bought yesterday Like the word “red” in the first example, the dependent clause “which I bought yesterday” in the second example modifies the noun “coat.” Note that an adjective clause usually comes after what it modifies, while an adjective usually comes before. In formal writing, an adjective clause begins with the relative pronouns “who(m),” “that,” or “which.” In informal writing or speech, you may leave out the relative pronoun when it is not the subject of the adjective clause, but you should usually include the relative pronoun in formal, academic writing: informal :The books people read were mainly religious. formal : The books that people read were mainly religious. Informal: Some firefighters never meet the people they save. formal : Some firefighters never meet the people whom they save. Here are some more examples of adjective clauses: the meat which they ate was tainted

This clause modifies the noun “meat” and answers the question “which meat?”.

They’re talking about the movie which made him cry. This clause modifies the noun “movie” and answers the question “which movie?”.

They are searching for the student who borrowed the book The clause modifies the pronoun “student” and answers the question “which student?”.

Did I tell you about the author whom I met? The clause modifies the noun “author” and answers the question “which author?”.

2. Restrictive & non restrictive clauses Do the following pairs of sentences mean the same thing?

Eg: Mrs. Clark is angry with the goat.

The goat is eating her flowers.

Mrs. Clark is angry with the goat which is eating her flowers. 1a My uncle, who lives in London, is very rich. 1b My uncle who lives in London is very rich. 2a The policies, which were unpopular, were rejected by the voters. 2b The policies which were unpopular were rejected by the voters. 3a My niece, whose husband is out of work, will inherit the house, which I have always treasured.

3b My niece whose husband is out of work will inherit the house which I have always treasured. The first sentence in each pair has a non-restrictive clause within two commas, and the second has a restrictive clause. A non-restrictive clause simply adds more information into the sentence and does not affect the meaning of the main clause: it is therefore bracketed off with commas (1a = an uncle who happens to live in London). Conversely, a restrictive clause defines its referent in the main clause more specifically and contributes significantly to the meaning of the sentence. Thus it is that particular uncle who lives in London who is referred to (1b). In 2a, all policies were unpopular and all were rejected, whereas in 2b only the policies that were unpopular were rejected. Note that in restrictive clauses the non-human relative pronoun is either ‘that’ or ‘which’, whereas for human referents the relative pronoun can be either ‘who/m’ or ‘that’ (the man that/whom I will marry ....).

Step3. practicing

Put the two sentences into one: 1. Our friends missed the train again.

They are always late for everything. 2. My aunt was waiting for me on the steps.

She had two heavy bags. 3. The dog is easily frightened.

It was beaten when it was small. 4. I was invited to join by my neighbor.

He has been a League member for three years. Step4. Closing down by taking a quiz Quiz on Attributive clause Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence.

1.

The film brought the hours back to me ____ I was taken good care of in that far-away village.

A. until

B. that

C. when

D. where 2. He paid the boy $ 10 for washing ten windows, most of _______ hadn’t been cleaned for at least a year. A. these

B. those

C. that

D. which

3.Recently I bought an ancient Chinese vase，

____

was very reasonable.

A. which price

B. the price of which

C. its price

D. the price of whose Homework 1.

Finish the exercises on workbook.

2.

Do more exercises about the Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause. 3.

Prepare for the next class.