Leveled Readings / Ronald Reagan: Address to Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery (1981)
Ronald Reagan: Address to Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery (1981)
Ronald Reagan, address to Congress (February 18, 1981)
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
“This proposal for an equal reduction in everyone’s tax rates will expand our national prosperity, enlarge national incomes, and increase opportunities for all Americans.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Reagan said cutting everyone's taxes by the same amount would help the country grow richer and give everyone more chances.
Adapted · about grade 7
Reagan said an equal cut in everyone's tax rates would grow the nation's prosperity, raise incomes, and increase opportunities for all Americans.
Adapted · about grade 10
Reagan argued that an equal reduction in everyone's tax rates would expand national prosperity, enlarge incomes, and increase opportunity for all Americans.