Leveled Readings / Christopher Columbus: Letter to Luis de Santangel on the First Voyage (1493)
Christopher Columbus: Letter to Luis de Santangel on the First Voyage (1493)
Christopher Columbus, letter to Luis de Santangel (1493)
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
“They never refuse anything that they possess when it is asked of them; on the contrary, they offer it themselves, and they exhibit so much loving kindness that they would even give their hearts…”
Adapted · about grade 4
Columbus said the people he met never said no when asked for something. They even offered things first and were very kind.
Adapted · about grade 7
Columbus wrote that the people never refused anything they owned when asked; instead they offered it themselves and showed so much kindness they would give their hearts.
Adapted · about grade 10
They never refuse anything they possess when it is asked of them; on the contrary, they offer it themselves and show so much loving kindness that they would even give their hearts.
Used in: Why did people explore, and what did their voyages bring?