Witness to Greatness

In his own words...Cold Blooded-Isaiah Thomas

We were tied 1–1 going into the seventy-eighth minute when Rooney misplayed a pass and then, seconds later, got the ball lobbed back to him and pulled off this unbelievable maneuver: With his back to the goal, he jumped a few feet off the ground, wheeled his leg up and over his head, nailed the ball, and sent it rocketing into the top-right corner of the net. The sound in the stadium was like a napalm strike, and yes, I did one of those frantic I'm-so-excited-I-don't-know-what-the-****-to-do jumping-hug things with the guy standing next to me. I like to think I ground a few grains of Martin into Old Trafford right then, and that he'll have those crazy-good seats forever.

From GQ

From SI's Photos of the year

Let's review sentence types again:

Participial (examples from Grammar Monster)

Placement of Participle Phrases

A participle phrase will often appear at the start of a sentence to describe something in the main clause. For example:

• Removing his glasses, the professor shook his head with disappointment.
(When a sentence is structured this way, use a comma to separate the participle phrase from whatever it's modifying (the professorin this example).)

A participle phrase can also appear immediately after whatever it's modifying. For example:

• I saw Arthur running for the bus.
(There is no comma when a participle phrase is placed immediately after its noun (Arthur in this example).)

It is also possible to use a participle phrase at the end of a clause and not immediately after whatever it's modifying. For example:

• Paul loved his boxing gloves, wearing them even to bed.
(There is a comma when the participle phrase is used farther down the sentence than its noun (Paul in this example).)

Let's also work in with the Appositve-

Appositive- Noun phrases that identify adjacent nouns or pronouns.  They can occur as sentence openers, subject verb splits, or sentence closers.

One of six players on the ice, Toews was a fierce, willful leader.

Messi, a Barca legend, spent the formative years of his live living in Spain, not Argentina.

Other ways of using the appositive- HT to Grammar Monster

• Jane Smith, who swam 100m in under a minute, wins the award for most improved swimmer. 
• Jane Smith (who swam 100m in under a minute) wins the award for most improved swimmer. 
• Jane Smith — who swam 100m in under a minute — wins the award for most improved swimmer. 

For Wednesday:

On Classroom-

Describe the sports legend in action.  

1. Find a photo/video of your legend in action-paste/embed video in doc
2. Describe their greatness in action.  Be very creative with your verb choice and your imagery.  Really dig in with your sensory details-sight, sound, touch, smell, (taste).  
3. Use no less that one example of a participial phrase and appositive in this description.  Underline both.  Feel free to use more than the required amount.
4. Word Count-250

From NYT profile of David Wright

Wright went on the disabled list April 15 with a hamstring strain. Bothered by lower-back pain in May (participial), he was found to have spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal (appositive). In June, Manager Terry Collins said, he thought Wright would be lost for the season.