Ingredients for a Friend

For this poetry lesson the 5th grade poets from Avondale/Logandale were learning how to cook! Sort of…The poets used “recipes” to “make” their perfect idea of a friend. Through these extended metaphors the poets analyzed what they wish for in a perfect friend while exercising their metaphor muscles. Enjoy!

5th Grade

Untitled by Maritza A.

1 gallon of loyalty
2 cups of playful
3 quarts of smart
4 tablespoons of helpfulness
5 pints of funny
6 liters of trustworthy
7 ounces of responsible
8 pounds of cheerful
9 grams of respectful
10 teaspoons of “always being there when I need it”
I’m going to bake it at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes

Untitled by Ethan V.

3 gallons smartness
A tablespoon of meanness
4 gallons of funniness
3 liters of tallness
1 pinch of skinniness
3 cups of idea making
40 ounces of kindness
5 grams of loyalty
2 pounds of silliness
5 gallons cleanness
Now preheat oven for 500 degrees and wait 3 summers

Untitled by Magaly E.

Kind: 5 dashes
Happy: 4 kilograms
Fun: 6 Ounces
Trust: 9 Tablespoons
Always be there: 9 gallons
Responsible: 3 Quarts
Calm: 6 cups
Gaming: 509 pounds
Funny: 3 cups
Lovely: 4 pints
I am going to bake it for each school year and 390 degrees

Finnley's Recipe for a Good Friend :D by Kaymee A.

First you add a tablespoon of empathy,
Then you add a gallon of funniness
After that you add a cup of trustworthiness
Then you get a pinch of sassiness
Get a kilogram of loyalty
And then you get 2 pounds of kindness and honesty
Before you mix, the last thing to do is sprinkle them with love and add a once of caring to make them sweet
Once you’re done with that
Bake the friend in the oven for 2 school years. Once you’re done with the baking process you now have the bestest friend you could have!

Make a friend so you're not lonely like before okay by Angela Belinda E

First, fill a cup of 3 kind teaspoons
Second, crack 6 eggs of funniness
Third, fill 1/3 of speaker
Fourth, throw a 1/2 gallon of different
Fifth, pour a cup of reader
Sixth, add a pound of playful
Seventh, add quarts of sharing
Eighth, add 2 pints of trust
Ninth, add of ounces of listener
Tenth, add a ½ chaotic of a gallon
Finally, mix it up for a friend so you’re not lonely

Untitled by Silvestre S.

For a good friend you need a person filled with loneliness so you have to put…
1 cup of protectiveness
A dash of humor
1 tablespoon of clumsiness
A pinch of a hug
Get a kilogram of loyalty
Get a gallon of gaming
A cup of smart
A pound of happiness
Mix it all together. Preheat the oven to 215 degrees wait for a life time then take it out, then you got a crispy friend now you have a perfect friend and take them on a crispy trip.

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