1. “Crumbling Under Our Wheels” Reading Analysis Source- TheWeek.com August 29 th, 2014

2. Monday Pick up the article on the overhead and staple to your analysis paper. If you are making up this assignment, the article can be found here: http://static.squarespace.com/static/52eec360e4b0c81c80749630/t/5 40cc730e4b0a1896f049f32/1410123568199/AoW%201415_04%20Aging %20Roads.pdf http://static.squarespace.com/static/52eec360e4b0c81c80749630/t/5 40cc730e4b0a1896f049f32/1410123568199/AoW%201415_04%20Aging %20Roads.pdf Read and annotate the article- HALF CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN TO ARTICLES WITH NO ANNOTATIONS After reading, identify the purpose of the article, who the audience would be and write a 1-2 sentence summary of the article. Use the five finger summary method.

3. Answer the following: 1. What advantages, if any, are offered by the subheadings in the article? 2. The author provides a lot of examples? Why is this necessary? 3. Explain how this article could create panic. Tuesday

4. Wednesday Define the following words, found in the article, using context clues. DO NOT USE A DICTIONARY. Paragraph 1- plummeting Paragraph 2- deficient Paragraph 3- infrastructure Paragraph 5- cascading

5. Thursday Do you think Congress should raise the gas tax to fix our infrastructure? Explain why or why not? What other ways could we finance infrastructure investment?

6. Daily Language Practice 1. the caravan across the wilderness was small and consisted of only 5 wagons and each wagon was pulled by a team of animals. (3) 2. Mr Spear a forest ranger told us about the plants along the trail. (3) 3. crossing the river everyone walked except the guide and I. (3) 4.”Hey” shouted Amy “Isn’t that an eagle?” (2)