
The Story of Paul Revere
Close Read Passage, 322 words, Biography (nonfiction), Sequence, Level Z (Grade 5), Lexile 880L
On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere set out to warn the people of Lexington that the British were coming. A poem written in 1860 made his "midnight ride" famous and turned Revere into an American hero—but is the poem accurate?