Leveled Readings / Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India (1497-1498)
Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India (1497-1498)
Journal of Vasco da Gama’s first voyage (1498)
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
“They asked what he sought so far away from home, and he told them that we came in search of Christians and of spices.”
Adapted · about grade 4
People in India asked why the Portuguese came so far. The answer was: to find Christians and spices.
Adapted · about grade 7
They asked what he was looking for so far from home, and he told them that the Portuguese had come looking for Christians and spices.
Adapted · about grade 10
They asked what he sought so far away from home, and he told them that they had come in search of Christians and of spices.
Used in: Why did people explore, and what did their voyages bring?