Name ______________________________ Rosie, A Visiting Dog’s Story By Stephanie Calmenson Prediction ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Author’s Purpose informpersuadeentertain

Rosie, A Visiting Dog’s Story Focus Skills: To use strategies to decode multisyllabic words To read and understand a personal narrative nonfiction selection To create, divide and use compound words Genre Personal Narrative- tells a true story about something important to the author Summary Rosie is a Tibetan terrier whose friendly nature makes her a perfect visiting dog. She brings comfort to people in nursing homes and hospitals. Reading Strategy Use Context to Confirm Meaning When reading nonfiction, readers will often come across new, unfamiliar words. One of the easiest ways to figure out a word’s meaning is to use context clues. A good reader will use the meanings of other words in the sentence to help figure out whether the decoded word makes sense. Does the word look right, sound right and make sense in the sentence.

Story Questions 1.How is Rosie like other dogs? How is she different? 2.What character traits did Rosie have as a puppy that showed she was not ready to be a visiting dog? 3.What character traits did Puppy Rosie have that made her owner think she would be a good visiting dog someday?

4.Fill in the chart to show what Rosie learned in each setting. 5.What does the author mean when she says that Rosie has good sense? a. Rosie could smell things very well. b. Rosie learned how to read in school. c. Rosie understood how people were feeling and knew how to act in different places with different people. 6.Why did Rosie need to become a good traveler? a. Her owner liked to go on a lot of vacations? b. She might have to travel for her work. c. The ASPCA was out of town. SettingWhat Rosie Learned Puppy Kindergarten Home ASPCA

7.What kind of tests did Rosie get at the end of her training? How did the people Rosie visited feel after the visit and how do you know? _________________________________________ What did Rosie do to show she understood how Alexander felt? a. She lies down next to him. b. She takes a nap with him. c. She is especially gentle with him. d. All of the above Nina Peter Alexander Rosie Bill

Think and Respond Questions 1.What makes Rosie a good visiting dog? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 2.What do the captions under the pictures on page 262 tell you? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 3.Why is it important for Rosie not to approach someone until the person is comfortable with her? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 4.What might people learn from Rosie about being a good friend? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________