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JMJ Marist BrothersNOTRE DAME OF DADIANGAS UNIVERSITY

General Santos CityLESSON PLAN

Date/s: January 24-28, 2010

I. SUBJECT: ENGLISH 2

II. TOPIC/S: NOUN CLAUSE (Function as Subject and Object)

III. TIME DURATION: 1 HR.

IV. OBJECTIVES:1. To identify noun clauses and the words that introduce them.2. To classify how noun clauses are used in the sentences.3. To change the nouns or noun phrases with noun clauses.

V. MATERIALS:Overhead projectorTransparencyHandout of the story

VI. REFERENCES:1. Villanueva, Perla M. et. al. (2002) English Skills For College Freshmen 3rd Ed.2. Fernando, Jovita N. et.al (2005) New Perspective In English Plus3. Tan, Arsenia B. (2001) Introduction To Literature 4th Ed.

VII. TEACHING PROCEDURES WITH BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED:A. Motivation

Before reading the essay “ Forgive: A Decision of The Heart” by Marilyn Gustin, motivation questions will be asked:1. How do you define forgiveness?2. Is it hard for you to forgive? Why is hard sometimes to forgive someone who

has offended you?B. Reading of the essay by the studentsC. Discussion of the essay

C.1 Vocabulary - Unlock the meaning of the words Pilgrim - someone who journeys in foreign lands [believer, journeyer] Sabotage - a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which

equipment is damaged [undermine, derail] Profound- of the greatest intensity [reflective, intense] Theologian - Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates

about theology [theologist, scholar]

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Resentment - feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [bitterness, anger]

C.2 Comprehension Questions:1. What are the principal effects of anger and hatred on us if we nurture these

disastrous emotions in our beings, physically and morally speaking?2. What benefits do we derived from the act of forgiveness, as a healing power

to eradicate anger and hatred?

D. Presentation of the Lesson Noun Clause – Let the class read the sentences and identify the subordinate clause.

1. Both the Mass and the New Testament say that Jesus Christ lived. *(DO)

2. We need to forgive whoever has hurt us. *(Object of the Verbals)

3. What we do to others will be done to us as well. *(S)

4. I still love those that hate me. *(Appositive to object)

5. We who know the truth need to follow the truth. *(Appositive to subject)

Like phrases, subordinate clauses can perform the function of the various parts of speech such as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. A subordinate clause which functions as a noun is called a noun clause and can serve as a:

Subject Direct Object

Indirect Object

Predicate Nominative

Object of a Preposition

Object of the Verbals

Object Complement

Appositive to a Subject or Object

E. Drill by Dyad. Let the Students identify the noun clause markers from the examples above and name the function of the noun clause in the sentence.

1. That he was angry was obvious to us all. (S)2. Fifteen hundred dollars is what we wanted to raise for the project. (PreNom)3. The students finally remembered who she was. (DO)4. Mr. Dietz gives whoever talks an hour. (IO)5. We listened to whatever he said. (OP)

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List of noun clause markers:

that what who whoever whatever whether which where whenhow why if how much how many how long how far how often whose

F. Evaluation

F. 1 Replace the nouns or noun phrase with suitable Noun Clause

1.No one knows the time of his coming.2. I heard of his success. 3. We will never know the reason for his failure. 4. The law will punish the guilty.5.He expected to get a prize.

Answer:1. No one knows when he will come.2. I heard that he had succeeded. 3. We will never know why he failed.4. The law will punish whosoever is guilty.5. He expected that he would get a prize.

(Supplemental Activity)

Complete the following with your own words. Use noun clauses. 1- I feel that ---- 2- I wonder if ----- 3- You are lucky that ----- 4- It is a fact that ------ 5- I doubt that -------- 6- I am worried that ------ 7- I don't know when ------ 8- I don't know if ------- 9- I regret that ------- 10- I am amazed that -------

G. Assignment

Write a short paragraph of about 125 words about the reason you chose to forgive someone who has wronged you.

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Use three different noun clauses as object of three sentences. Begin each clause with one of what, why, who, or that.

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