Teacher Guide
05mins - Conversation: If you could perfectly speak any language for one day, which language would you choose? What do you think is the most difficult language to learn? Why is learning a second language important?
05mins - Review the online homework. What topics were discussed? Was the homework easy, medium or difficult? Answer any questions the students may have.
05mins - Review: Relative pronouns - who, whose, that, which, where
10mins - Pre-teach: Relative clauses - A phrase that begins with a relative pronoun and provides information about someone, something or somewhere.
- Which, who and that: Which joins two ideas about a thing or things. Ex: Here's a photo which shows them on their wedding day. Who joins two ideas about a person or people. Ex: We have different presenters who are experts. That can be used in place of who or which. Ex: Here's a photo that shows them on their wedding day.
- Where and whose: We use where to join two ideas about a place. It means at/in which. It cannot be left out or replaced by that. Ex: Here's the desk where the newsreader sits. Ex: This is George, whose brother went to school with me.
10mins - Worksheet: 11 relative pronouns
10mins - Test: 11 writing practice - part 2
10mins - Game: Fake accomplishments: Have students write fake accomplishments about someone famous or other students in the class. Describe each 'achievement' by using a relative clause. Ex: Justin Bieber, who was the first man to visit Mars, will be visiting Rome next month.
05mins - Warm down: what will you do next week? This weekend?
- who
- where
- whose
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- which
- where
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Part 2:
(possible solutions:)
- Sara is the girl who we saw at the market last week.
- Whose bag is the?
- That's the gym where we have our yoga classes.
- History is the subject which I find most boring.