Fourth grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli (Jo jo) – Flashcards
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Chapter 1
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Book is written in first person Narrative (the main character is telling the story and is in the story) - The main character's name is Suds - He has a friend named Joe Peterson
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Rats Don't
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- Suds likes Judy Billings but she does not really talk to him - Joey teases Suds about his flying elephant lunchbox. Joe says it is for babies. -Suds was proud of his lunchbox because he took good care of it all nd used it since first grade.
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Chapter 2
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- Joey begins to tease Suds about his peanut butter and Jelly sandwich -Joey tells Suds that if he wants to grow up, he should eat meat. You should eat meats even if they tastebad, like liver.
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Rat Meat
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- Joey meets his third grade teacher Ms. Simms. She gives him a big hug and he tells her he is not happy being in fourth grade because their mascot for grade four is a rat.
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Chap 2
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- Gerard Willis, a sixth grader who is the school bully, grabs Suds' lunchbox, opens it, throws his food on the hallway floor and kicks his apple down the hall.
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Chapter 3
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-Joey and Suds push off the first graders from the tire swing. A first grader spits at the boys. Joey was in first grade when a 4th graders pushed him off the bench Joey felt he should do the same
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Ch3
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- Joey believes that angles are losers . Suds wants to be a angle . Joey says no one cares if you want to be a ange tl
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Ch3
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-Joey says that You should take care of yourself first say no to your mom.
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Ch4
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-Suds talks to his mom about his first day at school -Once his mom realized how upset he was she was kinder and let him take a bath.
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Ch4
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-Suds knows that taking a bath makes him feel better. This is how he got his nick name suds
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Ch4
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-Suds starts to wonder if he is too old for his toys he wonders if he has to give them up. - His mom calls him for dinner his sister Amy Zippernose teases him
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Chapter 4
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- As they ate dinner Amy keeps teasing Suds. Then Suds' baby brother, Bubba starts to tease him. - Subs' mother sends Amy upstaris for teasing Suds
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ch4
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- When Bubba contines to tease Suds gets up and leaves the table. His mother tells him to come backhe keeps on walking
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Chapter 5
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- Suds mom comes into his room they tlak and his mom says that since he is only in the tube she will shit on the tailet shet and teach him
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Chapter 5
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Suds helped his mom
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chapter 6
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* Joey is becoming very selfish. * Joey had a bee on his arm to prove he was a man * Joey's arm was hit and the bee stung him * Jyudy Billings admires Joey because he is not cring from the bee sting
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ch6
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*Judy starts feeling his arm and said he has musles * Joey tries to get Judy to realize that Suds likes her * Judy whispers in Joey's ear that she likes joey
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ch 6
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* Joey tells suds sthat Judy like him (Joey) * Suds gets upset calls Joey a traitor * Joey invites Suds over the weekend * Suds says "never"
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Chapter 7
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* Suds to Joey house they put up posters. * Joey begins to get out of control and makes a mess out of his room.
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Ch 7*
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* Joey had gone from having the neatest room the sloppiest room. * Joe takes out the tattoo stickers
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Chap 7
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Joey puts on four tattoos one on his chest one on he's rear end Joey told his mother he would not He thens gets a hammer and a nails and wants suds to put a hole in he's ear
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C 7a
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Suds and Joey discuss how Joey should feel pain suds refusse to hammer a nail into Joey's joey gets a phone call. When jey's oreturnes he looked guilty suds tells him talking to Judy billings the girl suds likes
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Ch7
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They stopped to each other for the night the next morning suds agrees to be a rat
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Ch8
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* Joey and Suds go back to his house. * Joe wants to break Suds of the habit of crying
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ch8
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* Joe keeps playing on playing E.T. dying, Suds cries * The 25th time he stopped crying
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CH8
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* Next Joe put spiders on Suds' hand. * Suds kept throwing them away but he stops screaming
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CH8`
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* Next they went on Suds' bedroom and climbed out the window to the roof. * Zippernose came out and sees Suds hanging Zippernose started tickle his feet.
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CH8
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* Joe wanted Suds to say "no" to his mom but he couldn't do it *Finally, Suds refused to throw away his teddybear.
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C. 9
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suds ask judy billinings to sit next to her she said no a bully pulled his char away and suds fell on the floor the whole school was laughing at him lincluding
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Ch. 9
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...a 3rd greader eating cake suds slamed the cake in his face when leaving judy billings was behind himand refused to keep the door open suds whent home knocked his macth box
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Chap 9
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...cars on the floor then took a shower when he whent to dinnner zippernose told what heppend in class suds prants were disoeppdemted in him so he left take another bath
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Chapter 9
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when he got out of the bath he put he's PJ'S he felt sonthing under he bed he stuck his foot under his bed and a mousetreap snapped
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CH. 9
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on his toe suds says you want a rat you got
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Ch. 10
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suds becomes a rat he takes kids twinkespushed kids off the swing suds recives his first after school detention he tired his brother to a a bathroom doorknob
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chap 10
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next he stuck suck up on zippernose and tickled her feet so much that her father had take
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chapther 10
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suds took winkyand pumoed him out the window
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ch 10
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when his mom tells him to clean his room he says no judy metts suds the eay to class and has to walk toghter
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Chapter 11
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suds is now a rat joey was actury diffent he smelled good he renoved hes tattous he was eating peantbbutter and jelly sandwicth
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ch 12
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suds walks judy home as the open her door out her cat rain out the doo goes up the tree
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ch12
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suds volubtreers to go up the tree to get the cat once suds got up the tree he remembers that was afraid of higths
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ch 12
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judy gets mad when suds admits that he is afraid of hights and can not get down for there around dinner time he hears his mom calling him
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ch 12
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his mom helps he down out of the tree as they get home joey mm come over joey says sorry for his behaver and being a rat
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ch 12
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suds tells his mom he is sorry for the way he was acting
