Leveled Readings / Twelve Tables of Roman Law
Leveled reading · key passage
Twelve Tables of Roman Law
Twelve Tables of Roman Law (about 450 BCE)
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
“Thirty days shall be allowed by law for payment of confessed debt and for settlement of matters adjudged in court.”
Adapted · about grade 4
A person has 30 days to pay a debt they agree they owe.
Adapted · about grade 7
The law gives thirty days to pay a debt that is admitted or that a court has decided.
Adapted · about grade 10
Thirty days shall be allowed by law for payment of an acknowledged debt and for settling matters decided in court.