Help me bake?

What are some qualities you find in a friend? If you could create a recipe for friendship what would it look like? After reading “How to Make a Friend” by Lacey Van Lear, the 6th grade poets created their own recipes on friendship. Check out the chefs, I mean poets, recipes. Enjoy!

6th Grade

by Valeria

100 gallons of crazy
20 liters of smart
30 cups of lazy
100 liters of funny
100 gallons of love
100 pounds of dumb
200 pounds of rude

by Santiago

2 pounds of nice
3 gallons of lovely
5 gallons of playing football
6 gallons of playful
Put it in the oven for 5 days

by Juliana

A cup of loving
A gallon of loves to play games
A pinch of funny
A teaspoon of giving away notebooks
And cook for 2 seasons in my room

by Sandra

A gallon of funniness
An ounce of my laughter
A pound of art
4 cups of love
A pinch of rudeness
A tablespoon of music
A liter of sweetness
A teaspoon of laziness
Three cups of smartness
Lastly, 4 gallons of my smile
Cook for 3 months over a boiling pot

by Arline

30 gallons of crazy
50 gallons of funny
80 gallons of pretty
100 gallons of rude
60 gallons of weird
20 gallons of smart
1000 gallons of honest

by Jennifer

10 pounds of honesty
3 ounces of crazy
100 cups of funny
1 liter of weird

by Addy

10 gallons of popularity
1 pound of responsibility
A pinch of rudeness
A cup of talkative
10 gallons of kindness
2 tablespoons of sassiness
A gallon of sweetness
5 pounds of craziness
50 gallons of funniness
10 gallons of smartness
10 pounds of maturity
Bake for 5 years at school

by Emily

100 gallons of smarts
1 jug of honesty
A sprinkle of talkative 1 cup of hard working
1 gallon of loyalty
A tablespoon of respect
A liter of kindness
A ton of love
2 teaspoons of funny
3 tons of supportive
Cook for 100,000 minutes everyday

by Luna

When you find a person with loneliness
Put 1 cup of respect
1 teaspoon of good behavior
2 gallons of happiness
1 quart of fun
1 pound of loyalty
Bake your friend at 257 degrees
For 15 minutes
When it’s done give them a hug

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