Leveled Readings / Brutus No. 1
Leveled reading · key passage
Brutus No. 1
Brutus No. 1 (1787)
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
“…a free republic cannot succeed over a country of such immense extent…”
Adapted · about grade 4
A free republic cannot work in such a huge country.
Adapted · about grade 7
A free republic cannot succeed over a country as large as this one.
Adapted · about grade 10
A free republic cannot succeed over a country of such immense extent.