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Do you have a hard time describing things, people, and places in English? This course will show you how to be more descriptive in your writing by incorporating adjective clauses in complex sentences. You will begin each course learning some basic information about adjective clauses. Then, we’ll get into the specifics of how to identify and use adjective clauses and the pronouns that begin them. In the last part of the course, you’ll demonstrate what you’ve learned by writing a paragraph. We’ll compare this final paragraph with one that you’ll wrote in week 1, and you’ll see just how much adjective clauses can improve your writing.
This week, before you start learning about adjective clauses, you’ll write a paragraph. Why? Because at the end of the course, you’re going to compare what you can write now with what you’ll be able to write then--after you’ve learned about adjective clauses.
After writing, you’ll start learning new lessons. You’ll learn how to identify adjective clauses and to write adjective clauses with subject and object pronouns. For each lesson, you’ll learn from some videos, practice exercises on your own, and take a quiz to check your understanding.
Are you ready? There’s a lot to learn, so let’s get started!
Adjective Clauses with Subject Pronouns (Independent Practice)•30 minutes
Adjective Clauses with Object Pronouns (Independent Practice)•30 minutes
2 assignments•Total 40 minutes
Adjective Clause Overview•20 minutes
Adjective Clauses with Subject and Object Relative Pronouns•20 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 30 minutes
Favorite Restaurant •30 minutes
More Adjective Clauses
Module 2•3 hours to complete
Module details
Hi! Welcome back. I hope you now feel like you have a basic understanding of why and how we use adjective clauses. In the next part of the course, you’ll learn to create adjective clauses with "whose," with prepositions, and with "where" and "when." For each of these, you’ll watch video lessons, do independent practice, and check your understanding with quizzes. Finally, you’ll apply what you learned this week by writing sentences using these new types of adjective clauses. We’ll go step-by-step to help you feel confident expressing your ideas in new ways using adjective clauses. Let’s get started!
Adjective Clauses with Possessive Pronouns•5 minutes
Adjective Clauses with Possessive Pronouns (Guided Practice)•4 minutes
Adjective Clauses with Prepositions•6 minutes
Adjective Clauses with Prepositions (Guided Practice)•4 minutes
Adjective Clauses with "Where"•9 minutes
Adjective Clauses with "When"•7 minutes
Adjective Clauses with "Where" and "When" (Guided Practice)•4 minutes
3 readings•Total 80 minutes
Adjective Clauses with Possessive Pronouns (Independent Practice)•20 minutes
Adjective Clauses with Prepositions (Independent Practice)•30 minutes
Adjective Clauses with "Where" and "When" (Independent Practice)•30 minutes
3 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Adjective Clauses with Possessive Pronouns•20 minutes
Adjective Clauses with Prepositions•20 minutes
Adjective Clauses with "Where" and "When" •20 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 30 minutes
Writing Sentences with Adjective Clauses •30 minutes
Preparing to Write Using Adjective Clauses
Module 3•3 hours to complete
Module details
By now, you’ve learned a great variety of relative pronouns, so it’s time to learn the finishing touches that will allow you to perfect your adjective clauses. First, you’ll find out how to use commas correctly in adjective clauses. Then, you’ll learn how to avoid the most common adjective clause errors so that you can write them with accuracy. Finally, you’ll hear some tips for using adjective clauses effectively in a paragraph or longer piece of writing. By week’s end, you’ll have all the knowledge and practice necessary for using adjective clauses correctly in your writing. Let’s do it!
Avoiding Common Mistakes with Adjective Clauses (Independent Practice)•30 minutes
Tips for Writing with Adjective Clauses (Independent Practice)•30 minutes
2 assignments•Total 40 minutes
Punctuating Adjective Clauses •20 minutes
Avoiding Common Mistakes with Adjective Clauses •20 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 30 minutes
Essential and Non-Essential Adjective Clauses•30 minutes
Writing with Adjective Clauses
Module 4•3 hours to complete
Module details
Hi again! This week, we’ll purely focus on writing with adjective clauses. First, you’ll learn about your writing assignment: to write a paragraph about a favorite restaurant--again! You did this in Week 1, but this time, you’re going to write a new paragraph that shows off everything you’ve learned in this course. After you write, you’ll compare the two paragraphs, and I think you’re going to see just how much more advanced your writing is now--thanks to adjective clauses. Finally, you’ll end the course by evaluating another learner’s use of adjective clauses. Good luck!
What's included
1 video1 reading1 peer review1 discussion prompt
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1 video•Total 3 minutes
Peer Evaluation•3 minutes
1 reading•Total 90 minutes
Writing Assignment & Self-Evaluation•90 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
Peer Evaluation Assignment•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 30 minutes
Reflection on the Self-Evaluation•30 minutes
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