Leveled Readings / Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam (1954)
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam (1954)
Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam (1954), 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
“A provisional military demarcation line shall be fixed, on either side of which the forces of the two parties shall be regrouped after their withdrawal…”
Adapted · about grade 4
A temporary line will be drawn. Each side's soldiers will move to their own side of it.
Adapted · about grade 7
A temporary military dividing line will be set, and the two sides' forces will regroup on either side of it after pulling back.
Adapted · about grade 10
A provisional military demarcation line shall be fixed, on either side of which the forces of the two parties shall be regrouped after withdrawal.
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