How To Teach Relative Clauses: An ESL Lesson Plan

How to teach relative clauses is a critical skill for an ESL teacher. At Off2Class, we want to ensure that teachers can easily obtain that teaching tool.

How to Teach a Relative Clause
Each teacher knows that first, students must master the construction of basic sentences. Basic sentences provide the building block for communication. For example, a student might write, “This is a dog.”

A relative clause or adjective clause can be joined together to give more information about something. That is to say, it gives more information about the noun. As an example, the student might write, “This is a dog that is eating a bone.” To introduce a relative clause, include a relative pronoun (such as who, that, whose) or a relative adverb (when, where, why).

What Does Lesson Plan Include?

At Off2Class, we have spent years building lesson plans for ESL teachers. Therefore, we know how to build content that will inform your students and make your job easier. This lesson plan on how to teach relative clauses includes definitions of relative clauses, examples of relative pronouns and relative adverbs. Each example is illustrated to encourage comprehension.

This lesson is suitable for Intermediate students and is classified CEFR High B1 or B1+.

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