Marco Polo: Description of Kinsay (Hangzhou)

Marco Polo, on Kinsay (Hangzhou) (c. 1298)

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 city is beyond dispute the finest and the noblest in the world.”

Adapted · about grade 4

This city is the finest and most wonderful in the world.

Adapted · about grade 7

This city is without question the finest and noblest in the world.

Adapted · about grade 10

The city is beyond dispute the finest and the noblest in the world.

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