Leveled Readings / Calvin Coolidge: Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors (1925)
Calvin Coolidge: Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors (1925)
Calvin Coolidge, address to newspaper editors (1925)
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
“After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Coolidge said the main business of Americans is business: making, buying, selling, investing, and doing well.
Adapted · about grade 7
The chief business of the American people is business. They care deeply about producing, buying, selling, investing, and prospering.
Adapted · about grade 10
After all, the chief business of the American people is business; they are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing, and prospering.