Leveled Readings / Petrarch (1304-1374): Selected Letters, c. 1372
Petrarch (1304-1374): Selected Letters, c. 1372
Petrarch, letter to Cicero (1345)
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
“And as I read I seemed to hear your bodily voice, O Marcus Tullius, saying many things, uttering many lamentations, ranging through many phases of thought and feeling.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Petrarch said that when he read Cicero's letters, it felt like he could hear Cicero talking and sharing many thoughts and feelings.
Adapted · about grade 7
As Petrarch read Cicero's letters, he felt he could hear Cicero's own voice, speaking about many things, complaining, and moving through many thoughts and feelings.
Adapted · about grade 10
As I read, I seemed to hear your own voice, Marcus Tullius, saying many things, uttering many complaints, ranging through many shades of thought and feeling.
Used in: What was new about the Renaissance?