LANGUAGE ARTS - RELATIVE PRONOUNS

FOCUS QUESTION

What was Jamaica's road to independence?

SPECIFIC OBJS.

Apply the rules of relative pronouns (that, which, whom) and subject/verb agreement to oral and written sentences

CONTENT SUMMARY

A relative pronoun is used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun. The clause modifies, or describes, the noun. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that.

ENGAGE

Students, I want you to tell be what pronouns are and the types you know about. Provide me examples of each of these pronouns. 

EXPLORE

Today we are going to look at RELATIVE PRONOUNS. Have you heard of this type before? How can we define this type of pronoun? 

Let us read the definition below and examine the chart that follows. 

A relative pronoun is used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun. The clause modifies, or describes, the noun. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that.

EXPLAIN

Explain what relative pronouns are.

Provide examples of relative pronouns.

Choose a partner and quickly decide on the answers for the exercise at the end of the chart above.

EXTEND/ELABORATE

Watch the video clip on relative pronoun below to glean more information.

Video clip: Indefinite pronouns.

Complete the activity below.

EVALUATE