Leveled Readings / Ashoka's Rock Edicts
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Ashoka's Rock Edicts
Ashoka, Rock Edicts (3rd century 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
“For the welfare of all folk is what I must work for…”
Adapted · about grade 4
I must work to help all people.
Adapted · about grade 7
I must work for the good of all people.
Adapted · about grade 10
The welfare of all people is what I must work for.