Leveled Readings / Mandela: Speech on Release from Prison (1990)
Mandela: Speech on Release from Prison (1990)
Nelson Mandela, speech on his release (February 11, 1990)
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
“I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people.”
Adapted · about grade 4
I stand here not as a prophet, but as a humble helper of you, the people.
Adapted · about grade 7
I stand before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people.
Adapted · about grade 10
I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people.
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