Leveled Readings / Engel v. Vitale
Engel v. Vitale
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“…it is no part of the business of government to compose official prayers for any group of the American people to recite as a part of a religious program carried on by government.”
Adapted · about grade 4
It is not the government's job to write official prayers for people to say.
Adapted · about grade 7
Writing official prayers for Americans to recite in a government religious program is not the government's job.
Adapted · about grade 10
It is no part of the business of government to compose official prayers for any group of Americans to recite as part of a government religious program.