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Year 5 English: Relative clauses lesson pack

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Mastering Relative Clauses

This lesson introduces Year 5 pupils to relative clauses. Students will learn how to use relative pronouns to add detail to their writing and how to punctuate these clauses correctly using commas. The lesson covers both embedded and ending relative clauses.

Learning objectives

  • Identify relative pronouns (who, which, where, when, whose, that) in sentences.
  • Understand that a relative clause adds extra information about a noun.
  • Use commas correctly to punctuate embedded relative clauses.
  • Compose sentences that include relative clauses to add detail and description.

Lesson plan (60 minutes)

  1. Introduction · 5 min

    Starter: Identify the noun. Review what a noun is and identify them in simple sentences displayed on the board.

  2. Input · 15 min

    Direct Teaching: Explain relative pronouns and relative clauses using the 'explainer' steps. Discuss the use of commas for 'dropping in' information.

  3. Guided Practice · 10 min

    Guided Practice: Work through the 'Worked Example' together on the board. Ask pupils to suggest alternative relative pronouns for different sentences.

  4. Independent Practice · 20 min

    Independent Work: Pupils complete their differentiated worksheets (Support, Core, or Stretch).

  5. Review · 10 min

    Quiz and Plenary: Complete the 8-question multiple choice quiz to check for understanding. Review the misconceptions.

Key vocabulary

Relative Pronoun
A word used to start a relative clause (who, which, where, when, whose, that).
Relative Clause
A group of words that gives more information about a noun and starts with a relative pronoun.
Noun
A person, place, or thing. Relative clauses always describe one of these.
Embedded Clause
A relative clause placed in the middle of a main clause, surrounded by commas.
Main Clause
The main part of a sentence that makes sense on its own.

Core worksheet (first questions)

  1. Embed this clause into the sentence: 'who was very kind' -> The teacher helped me with my work.
  2. Add a relative clause using 'which' to describe a tree: The tree... looked bare in the winter.
  3. Combine these sentences using 'whose': The children asked for their football back. Their football had gone over the fence.
  4. Punctuate this sentence correctly: The phone which was ringing loudly woke everyone up.

Quiz (sample)

  1. 1. Which relative pronoun should be used for a person?

    • A. which
    • B. who
    • C. where
    • D. when

  2. 2. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

    • A. The dog which was hungry ate his food.
    • B. The dog which, was hungry, ate his food.
    • C. The dog, which was hungry, ate his food.
    • D. The dog which was hungry, ate his food.

  3. 3. Which pronoun shows that something belongs to someone?

    • A. who
    • B. which
    • C. whose
    • D. that

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