Leveled Readings / Hungarian Revolution: Sixteen Points (1956)
Hungarian Revolution: Sixteen Points (1956)
Hungarian students’ Sixteen Points (October 1956)
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 demand the immediate withdrawal of all Soviet troops in accordance with the provisions of the Peace Treaty.”
Adapted · about grade 4
We want all Soviet soldiers to leave Hungary right away, as the peace treaty says.
Adapted · about grade 7
We demand that all Soviet troops leave immediately, as the Peace Treaty requires.
Adapted · about grade 10
We demand the immediate withdrawal of all Soviet troops in accordance with the provisions of the Peace Treaty.
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