Leveled Readings / Kenyatta: The Kenya Africa Union Is Not the Mau Mau (1952)
Kenyatta: The Kenya Africa Union Is Not the Mau Mau (1952)
Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya African Union meeting (1952)
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
“We are the only race in Kenya which does not elect its own representatives in the Legislature…”
Adapted · about grade 4
We are the only group in Kenya that does not choose its own leaders in the lawmaking body.
Adapted · about grade 7
We are the only race in Kenya that does not elect its own representatives to the Legislature.
Adapted · about grade 10
We are the only race in Kenya that does not elect its own representatives in the Legislature.
Used in: How did former colonies make the case for independence?