Leveled Readings / Patrick Henry, Against the Constitution (1788)
Patrick Henry, Against the Constitution (1788)
Patrick Henry, Virginia Ratifying Convention (1788)
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
“The question turns, sir, on that poor little thing — the expression, We, the people, instead of the states, of America.”
Adapted · about grade 4
The big question is the words 'We, the people' instead of 'We, the states.'
Adapted · about grade 7
The question turns on that small phrase: 'We, the people,' instead of 'the states' of America.
Adapted · about grade 10
The question turns, sir, on that poor little thing, the expression 'We, the people,' instead of 'the states' of America.