Leveled Readings / Chronicles of the Incas (Cieza de León)
Leveled reading · key passage
Chronicles of the Incas (Cieza de León)
Pedro de Cieza de León, Chronicles of the Incas
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
“This was so well-organized that there was not a village that did not know where it was to send its tribute.”
Adapted · about grade 4
It was so well run that every village knew where to send its taxes.
Adapted · about grade 7
It was so well organized that every village knew where to send its tribute.
Adapted · about grade 10
It was so well organized that there was not a village that did not know where to send its tribute.