Leveled Readings / Abraham Lincoln: Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society (1859)
Abraham Lincoln: Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society (1859)
Abraham Lincoln, address at the Wisconsin State Fair (1859)
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
“The prudent, penniless beginner in the world, labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land, for himself; then labors on his own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him.”
Adapted · about grade 4
A careful worker with no money works for pay, saves, buys his own tools or land, works for himself, and later hires a new worker.
Adapted · about grade 7
A careful beginner with no money works for wages, saves enough to buy tools or land, works for himself, and finally hires another beginner to help him.
Adapted · about grade 10
The prudent, penniless beginner labors for wages, saves a surplus to buy tools or land, then works on his own account, and at length hires another beginner to help him.