What is your favorite handicraft ?

What is your favorite handicraft ?

Open Ended

What are some interesting handicrafts made in Ecuador for tourists?

GRAMMAR NOTE : Relative clauses

Usamos ‘defining relative clauses’ cuando queremos dar más información sobre la persona o cosa de la que hablamos. Sin esa información, la oración no tendrá sentido.

That’s the woman who stole my coat.

That’s the phone  which  I bougth last week.

Podemos sustituir los pronombre relativos ‘which’ y ‘who’ por ‘that’.

GRAMMAR NOTE : Relative clauses

Usamos las ‘non-defining relative clauses’ cuando queremos unir dos oraciones en una. Por ejemplo…

The Queen will be 93 in April. She loves skydiving. 

The Queen, who loves skydiving, will be 93 in April.

My dog is called Pancake. It is vegetarian.

My dog, which is called Pancake, is a vegetarian.

No se puede usar ‘that’

Fill in the Blank

Ecuador, ___________ is a small South American country, has a lot to offer.

Fill in the Blank

My sister, ________ lives in New York, is pregnant.

Fill in the Blank

This is the cat __________ I adopted

Fill in the Blank

Where is the apple _______ I told you to not to eat?

Multiple Choice

Jorge, ______ is our English Teacher, lives near the High School.

• WHO

• WHICH

• THAT

Multiple Choice

This is the house_________ I painted.

• WHICH

• WHO

Multiple Choice

My mother, ________ is an Economist, works in a local bank

• THAT

• WHO

• WHICH

Multiple Choice

The cell phones, ________ have a lot of applications, are used in the virtual classes.

• THAT

• WHICH

• WHO

Tagua nut jewelry

Jewelry made of a seed does not seem so elegant, but there are some beautiful pieces. Tagua comes from a palm tree that grows in my community. It is called “vegetable ivory”; it is very similar to the ivory that people take from elephants. The best part of tagua is that no plant or animal gets hurt and you can create wonderful pieces of jewelry. My favorite piece is a colorful necklace which I have had for years and goes well with almost all my clothing. I also have a pair of earrings which are absolutely wonderful. I really like tagua jewelry and I am sure I will get more pieces.

Steps to write a short review

• Step 1. Topic sentence: Introduce the idea of your favorite handicraft.

• Step 2. Explain where the materials come from.

• Step 3. Explain how it can be used. Is it a decoration, clothing, jewelry?

• Step 4. Say why you like it and recommend it.

• Step 5. Write a paragraph by joining all of the sentences you wrote in the steps above. Try to use at least two relative clauses. You can do this by combining some of the sentences into one.