Leveled Readings / Fort Laramie Treaty (1868)
Leveled reading · key passage
Fort Laramie Treaty (1868)
Fort Laramie Treaty (1868), Article 1
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
“From this day forward all war between the parties to this agreement shall for ever cease.”
Adapted · about grade 4
From today on, all war between us will stop forever.
Adapted · about grade 7
From this day on, all war between the parties to this agreement will end forever.
Adapted · about grade 10
From this day forward all war between the parties to this agreement shall forever cease.
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