President Cleveland, Where Are You?

Pro

I pedaled my bike furiously through the streets,

ignoring the indignant horns of automobiles, as I

sliced through the traffic.

Monday What do you notice about the sentence?

Pro

I pedaled my bike furiously through the streets,

ignoring the indignant horns of automobiles, as I

sliced through the traffic.

Tuesday Label the Parts of Speech.

Pro

I pedaled my bike furiously through the streets,

ignoring the indignant horns of automobiles, as I

sliced through the traffic.

pro AV pro noun nounart

nounart

proart adj noun

Tuesday Label the Parts of Speech.

adv prep

prep

prep

nounSubConj

AV

Ignoring is a gerund. A gerund is a verb “acting like” a noun. 20

20

Pro

I pedaled my bike furiously through the streets,

ignoring the indignant horns of automobiles, as I

sliced through the traffic.

Wednesday Label the Parts of the Sentence.

Pro

I pedaled my bike furiously through the streets,

ignoring the indignant horns of automobiles as I

sliced through the traffic.

Wednesday Label the Parts of the Sentence.

Simple Subject TV DO Prep ph

Prep phPrep ph

OP

OPOP

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Pro

I pedaled my bike furiously through the streets,

ignoring the indignant horns of automobiles as I

sliced through the traffic.

Thursday Label the Clauses, Sentence Type, and Purpose.

Dec - CDCX

Ind Cl

Ind Cl

Dep Cl

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Pro

I pedaled my bike furiously through the streets,

ignoring the indignant horns of automobiles as I

sliced through the traffic.

Friday Your turn! Write a sentence similar to this one.

Vocabulary

• allot• betrayed• contempt• divulge• dwindle• incredulous• indignant• lethargy• obsess• stalemate

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