Subject: English

Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
identify main clauses and subordinate clauses
identify adjective clauses
actively participate in the class activity

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Subject Matter
Grammar: Identifying Clauses and Adjective Clauses
Materials: Visual Aids, projector

Procedure
A. Motivation
Teacher plays a bit of Miss Independentlyrics on the notes. Students write in response to a brief
questionwhat does it mean to be independent?
We share our conclusions, write down definitions.
B. Lesson Proper
A main clause has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence. Every sentence must have
at least one main clause, and a sentence may have more than one main clause.
A subordinate clause has a subject and a predicate, but it cannot stand alone as a sentence. A subordinate
clause must be attached to a main clause in order for it to make sense. Subordinate clause clauses
frequently begin with subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns.
C. Activity
Read each of the following sentences. Then, underline the adjective clause and encircle the word it
modifies.
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III

The Angles and the Saxons, who were hardy and athletic, were wandering and seafaring tribes.
They had a grim sense of Fate, which they called Wyrd, the source of our word weird.
The Anglo-Saxons, whose ways were pagan and cruelly ferocious, possessed noble qualities too.
They admired endurance, a trait that has remained a part of the English character.

Assignment
What is a ballad?
Give at least 5 examples of a ballad.