In Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett, Daisy the Hen takes a journey down a Chinese river and meets
animals that she must escape from in order to save herself and find her own way home. If you didn’t
notice how Daisy meets the various animals on her journey, please go back and look at the book
again! Be sure to look at the details Jan Brett shares about each animal, and notice how each animal's
encounter is on its own page.
For this writing exercise, you will imagine yourself traveling down a Georgia river in a raft or on an
inner-tube. You can choose to ride a river in any of the regions of Georgia. Along the way you
will encounter three different animals and three different plants that live in one of the regions of
Georgia. Before you write, you will need to plan an equal amount of details and an equal amount of
sentences you will share about each of the animals and plants. Make sure you describe the region of
Georgia including the climate.
You will also need to plan an introduction to your story and a conclusion. The planning sheet and
graphic organizer your teacher gives you will help you do this. Look on the resource page for these
documents. You will need to make a cover page, title page, and have illustrations to make your story
more interesting. Include a glossary page to help the reader learn more about each of your plants and
animals.
Once you have planned your piece on the graphic organizers, write it out as a story. Spend equal time
describing each animal and plant, and try to make your introduction and conclusion be equal in
length too.
