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1、 A lesson plan for Learning about Language(The Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause)Aims:To learn about the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauseTo discover some useful words and expressionsTo discover some useful structuresProcedures:I. Warming up Warming up by discoverin
2、g useful words and expressions Please turn to page 3. Do exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4 first. Please check your answers against your classmates.Warming up by explaining Now, class, since youve read the passage, could you explain to me how to use the phrase “belong to”? The word “to” here is a preposition,
3、 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.II. Learning about Attributive Clause1. What is an adjective Clau
4、se?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 cla
5、use 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 writin
6、g, 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 Th
7、e 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
8、tainted This clause modifies the noun “meat” and answers the question “which meat?”.Theyre 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
9、 “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?1a My uncle, who lives in L
10、ondon, is very rich.2b 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
11、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
12、 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 particula
13、r 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 r
14、elative pronoun can be either who/m or that (the man that/whom I will marry .).3. A test on FORMAL ADJECTIVE CLAUSESDirections: Combine the sentences. Use formal written English.Use (b) as an adjective clause. Punctuate carefully. 1) (a) An antecedent is a word. (b) A pronoun refers to this word. An
15、 antecedent _2) (a) The blue whale is considered the largest animal that has ever lived.(b) It can grow to 100 feet and 150 tons. The blue whale _3) (a) The plane was met by a crowd of 300. (b) Some of them had been waiting for more than 4 hours. The plane _ 4) (a) In this paper, I will describe the
16、 basic process.(b) Raw cotton becomes cotton thread by this process. In this paper, I will describe _5) (a) The researchers are doing case studies of people to determine the importance of heredity in health and longevity.(b) These peoples families have a history of high blood pressure and heart disease. The researchers are doing case studies _
