Julius Caesar Reading Passage
Ancient Rome • Grade 3 Reader • Chapter 7
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Julius Caesar: Great Fighter, Great Writer
Grade 3 Leveled Reading • 208 Words • Action & Linking Verbs
Grade 3 Reader
Long ago, brave generals led Rome. Julius Caesar was a famous Roman leader. He was proud of his family and felt confident about his future.
One day, fierce pirates captured young Caesar at sea. The pirates demanded twenty coins of silver for his freedom. Caesar laughed loudly at their demand! He felt insulted by the low price. He insisted that he was worth fifty coins instead. While he stayed on the pirate ship, Caesar wrote poems. The pirates seemed bored and did not care about his poems. Caesar grew upset and scolded them. Soon, his Roman friends paid the money. Caesar became free, but he remembered their rude behavior. He sailed back with soldiers, chased the pirates, and captured them all.
Caesar was a skilled fighter and a gifted writer. Later, he traveled to Asia and stopped an enemy revolt. Caesar sent a very short report back to Rome. It said, “Veni, vidi, vici.” In English, these Latin words mean, “I came, I saw, I conquered.”
Next, Caesar marched into Gaul. The distant land seemed dangerous and wild. Caesar fought hard and conquered the people. Afterward, he wrote an exciting book about his battles. His words remain clear and easy to understand. Today, students still read his stories.
Vocabulary: general • demand • revolt • Latin • Gaul 208 Words
Grammar Detective: Spot the Verbs
Find words in the story
Action Verbs Words that show action
Write three action verbs from the story that tell what Caesar did:
Linking Verbs Words that connect & describe
Write two linking verbs from the story (like was, felt, seemed, grew, became):
Example sentence: He felt proud. The land seemed wild.
