In Their Own Words: Diaries from Long Ago

This collection of passages for Grade 4 provides students with close reading practice. Inside this book, read excerpts from the diaries of three girls who lived during different times in American history. In their own words, find out what it was like to travel west in a covered wagon, fear for your life during the burning of Atlanta during the Civil War, and watch a runaway slave mistreated and returned to his owner. Also included are places to pause and reflect on the text and opportunities to respond to the reading.