Leveled Readings / JFK: On the Alliance for Progress (1961)
JFK: On the Alliance for Progress (1961)
President John F. Kennedy, Alliance for Progress address (March 13, 1961)
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
“…only the most determined efforts of the American nations themselves can bring success to this effort.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Only the hard work of the American nations themselves can make this plan succeed.
Adapted · about grade 7
Only the strongest efforts of the American nations themselves can make this effort succeed.
Adapted · about grade 10
Only the most determined efforts of the American nations themselves can bring success to this effort.