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Reading:
(Pages 2-3) “Welcome to your new home, Titus,” said the farmer. “This farm needs a guard dog!”
Titus wagged his tail. He wanted to be a good dog. But what was a good dog supposed to do?
(Pages 4-5) The farm was big and everyone was busy.
(Pages 6-7) The school bus came down the road. “HONK, HONK,” went the school bus.
“WOOF, WOOF,” barked Titus.
“No, no,” said the children. “Dogs don’t go to school!”
(Pages 8-9) The farmer was plowing the fields.
“VROOM, VROOM,” went the tractor.
“WOOF, WOOF,” barked Titus.
“No, no,” said the farmer, “Dogs don’t drive tractors!”
(Pages 10-11) The farmer’s wife was milking.
“MOO, MOO,” went the cow.
“WOOF, WOOF,” barked Titus
“No, no,” said the cow. “Dogs don’t give milk!”
(Pages 12-13) The cat was chasing mice.
“MEOW, MEOW,” went the cat.
“WOOF, WOOF,” barked Titus.
“NO, no,” said the cat. “Dogs don’t chase mice.”
(Pages 14-15) The chickens were laying eggs.
“CLUCK, CLUCK,” went the chickens.
“WOOF, WOOF,” barked Titus.
“No, no,” said the chickens. “Dogs don’t lay eggs.”
(Pages 16-17) Titus wanted to be a good dog. But if dogs don’t go to school, or drive tractors, or give milk, or catch mice, or lay eggs…what was Titus supposed to do? He crawled into his doghouse and went to sleep.
(Pages 18-19) Pitter, patter, pitter, patter. Something was going to the chicken coop!
“WOOF, WOOF! Barked Titus.
(Pages 20-21) The farmer came running.
“OH, NO!” shouted the farmer “A FOX!”
“WOOF!, WOOF!” barked Titus as he chased the fox across the field.
(Pages 22-23) “YIP, YIP, YIP, YIP,” cried the fox, and it disappeared into the forest.
(Pages 24-25) “HOORAY, HOORAY!” cheered the farmer, his wife, the children, and all the animals.
“What a good watchdog!”
“WOOF, WOOF!” barked Titus.
“WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!”
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Questions:
Where does the story take place? (On a farm)
Who is new to the farm? (The puppy)
What is the puppy’s name? (Titus)
What did Titus want to know? (What he was
supposed to do on the farm)
What size is the farm? (Big)
Where are the children going? (To School, That
is their job)
Why do you think the author capitalized all of
the letters in “HONK, HONK” and “WOOF,
WOOF”? (So when you read it, you make the
sound or read it louder. It adds excitement to
the story)
What was the farmer doing? (Plowing the fields)
What does the farmer use to plow the fields? (A tractor)
What was Titus trying to do? (Plow the fields)
Why? (He is trying to find out what his job is
on the farm)
What was the farmer’s wife doing? (Milking the
cow)
Why do the characters say’ “No, no” to Titus on
each page? (It is not his job to do what they are doing)
What character is chasing mice? (The cat)
What does Titus say on most of the pages?
(Woof, woof)
What is he trying to say? That he wants to do
what the other characters are doing)
Does Titus feel that he is a good farm dog? (no)
What in the story tells you that? (He crawled
into his doghouse and went to sleep)
The author says that he “crawled” into his
doghouse. What is another word that could be
used in its place? (Walked slowly, dragged)
The author writes “pitter, patter, pitter, patter,”
in different print. What is happening in the
story? (The fox is sneaking into the chicken
coop to eat the chickens)
Why did the farmer come running? (There was a
fox that wanted to eat the chickens)
What did Titus do? (Chased the fox)
What is the author trying to show with the words “yip, yip, yip, yip”? (The fox was scared)
Where did the fox disappear? (The forest)
Who are all of the characters on these pages? (Farmer, his wife, children, cow, cat, and
chickens)
Why are they yelling “Hooray, Hooray”? (because Titus is a good watchdog)
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