Subordinate and Main Clause DLP

A Detailed Lesson Plan in English
I. Objectives:
a. Identify the two types of clauses;
b. Differentiate main clause from subordinate clause; and
c. Construct sentences using main clause and subordinate clause.
II. Subject Matter

a. Topic: Main and Subordinate clause
b. Materials: Power Point presentation
c. Reference: "K to 12 Essential English Work text in Literature and Language" by
Carolina T. Gonzales, Nelda R. Francisco and Pilar R. Yu.
III. Procedure:
TEACHER'S ACTIVITY STUDENTS' ACTIVITY
A. Preliminary Activities:
Prayer
Class, let us all stand as we put ourselves in the (Students will pray)
presence of the Lord as we pray. Ram, kindly
lead the prayer.
Checking of Attendance
Thank you. Now I'm going to check your All of us are present, Sir.
attendance, is everybody's present?
Review
All right class, what was our last topic last Sir, our last topic last week is all about
week? Sentence.
Excellent! Question, what is sentence again? Sir, Sentence is a group of words that has
complete thought.
Very good! Sentence also contains subject and They are group of words that looked like a
a verb to make it a complete thought and sentence but has no complete thought.
begins with a capital letter. How about
Sentence Fragment?
B. Motivation
Perfect. All right class, let's have a game shall Yes sir!
we? I will divide you into two groups. I will
show you some sentences and you will guess
either "complete" or "incomplete". The
winning group who gathered the most number
of points will receive an additional points to
their quiz on Friday. How's that sound?
Let us begin with the first one.
Because it was raining. Incomplete
Very good! Next one.
To explain why that happened. Incomplete
The train was late. Complete
Mary and Samantha took the bus. Complete
We had a three-course meal. Complete
Excellent, class. Well done.
C. Lesson Proper
Those sentences that I showed earlier, my dear

class, was related to our lesson for today. And
our lesson is all about Clauses.
A clause is a group of words that contain a

subject (the noun or pronoun about which
something is being said, usually the doer of the
action) and a verb (a doing word).
In clause, my dear class, the subject is the doer

of the action while the verb is a doing word.
Let's take a look to this example:
"The fast, red squirrel darted up a tree."
Now class, where's the subject and the verb Sir, the subject is the fast, red squirrel and the
there? Yes Gina? verb is the word darted.
Excellent, Gina. the subject represents the noun

or pronoun about which something is being
said like the fast, red squirrel because she saw
what kind of animal it was and also gave a
description of it. And she also observes that the
squirrel was darted on a tree. Did you get it
class? Yes sir.
Perfect. Now, we are moving on to our next

topic which is the main and subordinate clause.
What is a main clause? Will you read,
Sebastian?
A main clause—sometimes called
an independent clause—must contain
a subject and a verb as well as express a
complete thought.
Thank you, Sebastian. Main clause or the
Independent clause expresses a complete
thought and has a subject and a verb like the
sentences that we encountered earlier. And
here's the another example:
"Diane kicked the soda machine."
The subject here is Diane and the verb is the

word kicked. Because Diane is the doer of the
action and the word kicked is the doing word.
How about this one:
"Sima and Michelle are skipping their Sir, both Sima and Michelle are the subjects
chemistry class to sit by the lake and watch the and "are skipping" is the verb.
sun sparkle in the water."
Yes, Maria?
Very good answer, Maria. And that explains

about the main clause. Let's proceed to the next
which is the Subordinate clause.
A subordinate clause—also called

a dependent clause—will begin with
a subordinate conjunction or a relative
pronoun and will contain both a subject and
a verb. This combination of words
will not form a complete sentence.
The subordinate or dependent clause however,

it begins with subordinate conjunction or
relative pronoun. And it also contains both
subject and a verb but it will not form a
complete sentence. It will instead make a
reader want additional information to finish the
thought. It is called "dependent" because this
kind of clause always depending on the
independent or the main clause. Did you get it,
my dear class? Yes sir.
All right. Here's an example.
"After Amy sneezed all over the tuna salad"
In this sentence, you will obviously notice that

it has an incomplete thought. Now, who will
guess where is the subject, verb, and a
subordinating conjunction? Yes, Yuri? Sir, Amy is the subject, the word "sneezed" is
the verb, and the subordinating conjunction is
the word "after".
Well done, Yuri. Always remember class that
the subordinating conjunction always starts in
the beginning of a subordinate clause.
"Once Adam smashed the spider". Sir, the

Will you read and answer the next example, subject used is Adam, the verb used is
Anna? "smashed", and the subordinating conjunction
is the word "once."
Absolutely correct, Anna.

"Until Mr. Sanchez has his first cup of coffee".
And the last example, Rany? Sir, the subject is Mr. Sanchez, the verb is
"has" and the subordinating conjunction is the
word "until".
Well done, Rany. By the way class, in case that

you forgot the subordinating conjunctions and
relative pronouns, here are the words under after, although, as, because, before, even if,
subordinating conjunctions. Read altogether. even though, if, in order that, once, provided
that, rather than, since, so that, than, that,
though, unless, until, when, whenever, where,
whereas, wherever, whether, while, why
and here are the words under relative pronoun, that, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom,
read altogether. whose, whosever, whomever.
comma, Sir.
All right class, question, what are we going to
use to combine independent and dependent
clause?
Perfect. We have methods to combine the two

clauses. When you attach a subordinate
clause in front of a main clause, use a comma.
SUBORDINATE CLAUSE + , + MAIN

CLAUSE
Yes, sir.
Did you get it class?
Even though the broccoli was covered in
Now, will you read the first example, John? cheddar cheese, Emily refused to eat it.
Even though the broccoli was covered in

Thank you, John. Now class, where is the cheddar cheese.
subordinate clause in the sentence? Steve?
Very good. You can see the subordinate clause

has the subordinate conjunction "even though".
Unless Christine finishes her calculus
Next, Leo, read and locate the subordinating homework, she will have to suffer Mr. Park's
conjunction in the second example? wrath in class tomorrow. Sir the word "unless"
is the subordinating conjunction.
Exactly, thank you. Would you read the other When you attach a subordinate clause at the
method, Jane? end of a main clause, you will generally use no
punctuation.
Thank you, Jane. Here, the subordinate clause
will be at the end of the sentence behind the
main clause. But instead of comma, we will
use no punctuation to this one because it
indicates that you will continuously read the
sentence as a whole. Like this:
MAIN CLAUSE + Ø + SUBORDINATE

CLAUSE
Tanya did poorly on her history exam because
Would you read the first example, Roan? her best friend Giselle insisted on gossiping
during their study session the night before.
Thank you. As you know, the main clause is

"Tanya did poorly on her history exam", and
the subordinate clause is "because her best
friend Giselle insisted on gossiping during
their study session the night before.". The no
punctuation sign should put between the two Yes sir.
clauses, correct?
Rafael spent his class time reading comic
All right, how about the second example, books since his average was a 45 one week
would you read, Raffy? before final exams.
Thank you, again, you will put the no

punctuation sign between the independent and Yes sir.
dependent clause. Did you get it class?
Okay, so it seems that our lesson is getting

boring, how about another game shall we?
Let's go back to your groups from our little
game earlier and pick a piece of paper here.
The mechanics is very simple, you will
construct a sentence by finding the other half
from the paper that you picked to make it
correct. How's that sound? Okay let the games
begin.
D. Generalization:
Before we proceed to our main activity, let's

have a recap of our lesson.
Subordinate and Main clause
* What are the two different kinds of clauses? Contains a subject and a verb and it has a
* What is a main clause? complete thought.
It has both subject and a verb but with a

* What is a subordinate clause? subordinate conjunction and it has an
incomplete thought.
* Give examples of subordinate conjunctions. *the students will give the examples*
IV. Evaluation
Directions: Underline the subordinate clause in each sentence below.
1. In Ancient Rome, people didn't marry because they were in love.

2. Folks married in order that they could carry on the family bloodline and for economic
or political reasons.
3. Men generally waited until they were more established in life.
4. Although marriages of teenagers were quite common, other countries did not readily
accept the trend.
5. It was during the middle ages when the practice of teen marriages was very common.
V. Assignment
Research/study about Relative clause and construct at least five (5) sentences.
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Gerard Russel M. Batarina, LPT

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A Detailed Lesson Plan in English

II. Subject Matter

Because it was raining. Incomplete

Very good! Next one.

To explain why that happened. Incomplete

The train was late. Complete

Mary and Samantha took the bus. Complete

We had a three-course meal. Complete

Excellent, class. Well done.

Those sentences that I showed earlier, my dear

A clause is a group of words that contain a

In clause, my dear class, the subject is the doer

Let's take a look to this example:

"The fast, red squirrel darted up a tree."

Excellent, Gina. the subject represents the noun

Perfect. Now, we are moving on to our next

"Diane kicked the soda machine."

The subject here is Diane and the verb is the

How about this one:

Very good answer, Maria. And that explains

A subordinate clause—also called

The subordinate or dependent clause however,

All right. Here's an example.

"After Amy sneezed all over the tuna salad"

In this sentence, you will obviously notice that

"Once Adam smashed the spider". Sir, the

Absolutely correct, Anna.

Well done, Rany. By the way class, in case that

Perfect. We have methods to combine the two

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE + , + MAIN

Even though the broccoli was covered in

Very good. You can see the subordinate clause

MAIN CLAUSE + Ø + SUBORDINATE

Thank you. As you know, the main clause is

Thank you, again, you will put the no

Okay, so it seems that our lesson is getting

Before we proceed to our main activity, let's

It has both subject and a verb but with a

1. In Ancient Rome, people didn't marry because they were in love.

Gerard Russel M. Batarina, LPT

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