Qualities of Friendship Quilt
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Mrs. Shepherd's Sixth Grade Class
Silas Wood Sixth Grade Center

Mrs. Shepherd’s Sixth Grade Language Arts class chose the theme of friendship for its warm winter quilt. The students wrote which quality of friendship was the most important to them, and explained why they illustrated their square as they did.

 
 
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Friends are always there for you. If you get hurt, they’ll help you up. If you have a problem, they’ll help you solve it. If you are sad or lonely, they’ll perk you up.

My drawing is about a girl who fell off her bike and cut her leg. Her friend came running to help her up and give her a Band-Aid. Like I said, friends are there for you.

     By Kristy 
Trusting
I think a friend should be trustworthy because then you would be able to tell them secrets. I also think a friend should be a trustworthy because if you can’t trust your friend, who can you trust? If you are not a trustworthy friend, try to be one and the next time you see your friends tell them you’re sorry for not being a trustworthy friend.
My picture describes friendship because if you are a trustworthy friend, you are like the sun and the moon. The sun and the moon depend on each other because if the sun couldn’t rust the moon, the sun would be up all day long. And if the moon couldn’t trust the sun, the moon would be up all the time in all parts of the world. So, I think a friend is only a true friend if you trust them and they trust you.
By Krystal 
Caring
The quality of friendship that I chose was that friends care. Friends do care for you when you’re sick, in trouble, or afraid. An example is, if you are sick, friends bring you flowers and a card.
The reason I used the illustration I did, was that all of the drawings have to do with friends caring, and friends being happy for one another. I drew hearts and happy faces because they represent the main parts of friendship. Also, friendship has a lot of colors.
By Danielle 
Having Fun
A friend is someone you can rely on to be there for you. You can trust a friend will also stand up for you when you are in need of some help, someone that will be the same kind of friend that you are.
Enjoying a game with a friend means having fun: playing with your friend, keeping score, sharing comments, sharing the ball, and just getting along together.
By Anthony 
Long-lasting
The quality of friendship I chose was enduring. Good friends can stand each other for more that a day. I think it’s important to stick with each other after a short time, or you’ll get into lots of fights and arguments. So that’s why I believe that standing each other’s company for more than a day is the most important quality!
I wrote "Friendship is the Best" because it is. Without friends, how could you live? You’d be so very bored so that’s why I wrote "Friendship Rules."
By Annah 
Standing Up
Friends are people who stand up for you. For example, if you have a bully show calls you names, he or she will stick up for you. 
I drew a picture of someone helping his friend in a bad situation.
     By Victor 
Likeness
A friend should be a person who has similarities with you. Your friends should always stick up for you, help you make the right decisions, like you for who you are, make you happy when you are down in the dumps, and make you laugh. Friends never leave you out! A friend could even be your sister, brother or cousin.
A friend is someone who thinks about you. When my friends call me on the phone, I know they care. A friend should always make you enjoy your life. Without friends, life would be sooo boring. 
A friend should always be trustworthy of your secrets. Sometimes a friend will slip and sometimes will break the ice to someone, but nothing could come between you and a true friend.
Finally, to know who you friends are, they are people who never leave you out in the cold, never hurt your feelings, are caring and thoughtful, understanding, funny and protective of your feelings. Your friends care.
By Gillian 
Comforting
A good friend makes someone feel good when they’re crying because they forgot something they were supposed to do of did something bad. For example, if a teacher talked to you, and you got upset, a good friend will make you laugh or smile.
That is the reason why I chose the illustration. If friends that I have are upset, I try to make them laugh or smile.
By Isabella 
Happiness
The most important quality of friendship is happiness. I think happiness is important because you do not to be unhappy with your friend. Then you might not like them and will be missing out on some fun stuff that they might do.
I chose this picture to show happiness: a giant smiling face.
     By Nelson 
Cheering-up
I chose to illustrate the quality of one friend cheering up his sad friend. This quality is important to me because it happens most often.A friend should be able to cheer his other friend up.

This picture represents a very good quality of friendship to me. This quality expresses unity, seeing a boy cheering another boy. We should all learn from this and when someone is in need, a good joke can cheer them up no matter who they are.

     By Muneeb 
Loyalty
I think the best quality of friendship is when two friends stick up for each other. Two friends should not fight over something. They should talk it out. An example is when one friend feels badly about something and the other friend feels sad too. A friend will go to the other and try to make him feel better.
I used the illustration I did because the friends are sticking up for each other. The friend I drew is crying. The other friend is running towards him to try to make him feel better.
By Jeffrey 
Considerate
Being considerate means to be respectful of other’s feelings and to help comfort them. I chose to do this because this really describes me.
An example of this is when your friends are sick, you could make them soup or bring them flowers and cards to make them feel better.
By Kristen Frances
 
Emotional
The quality of friendship I chose was that "Your emotions bring out the best in you." I chose this because your emotions show how you are feeling when you are with different people and people should be your friends no matter what emotion you are feeling.
I used all different kinds of facial expressions. The different expression I used were: happy, sad, wacky, tongue-out, half-and half, and tearing faces. These are the different types of emotions that might be experienced in a friendship. There can be happy or sad times. But, the most important thing in a friendship is to stand up for your friends no matter what!!!
     By Michael 
Loyalty
I think loyalty is important because without loyalty everyone would be ditching their friends for something else. An example would be going to a concert instead of going to your friend’s house. Also, you would just let your friend get hurt. Loyalty means to stick together.
I chose to draw two hands together because it shows sticking together through big times and little times. The hands are joined as two friends should be. It shows good friendship.
By Eli 
Trustworthy
I chose the quality of friendship that is called trustworthy. I’ve selected this because I trust my friends and they trust me.
I used the illustration I did because it describes what it means to be a friend. A friend would protect a friend in a fight.
 By Julio 
Trusting
I think that trust is the best quality that friends can share. You trust them with you valuable things. For example, trusting someone to not loose your favorite thing is very hard to do if you admire it so much.
I chose this illustration because it shows that friends always trust one another. That’s why I drew a picture of a girl trusting her friend to take care of her necklace.
By Roxanna 
Sticking Together
The quality I chose is that friends should always be with each other. When a friend is not feeling well, and you’re there, he always gets cheered up. Friends make friends happy. An example is when I met my friend Peter in kindergarten. We’ve always been there for one another, in good times and in bad.
I chose to draw two hands shaking to support the togetherness of friends.
By Michael 
Enduring
I chose to make the quilt square that has an illustration and words on it that say: "Friends are for Life." I think that this is important because if you have a friend it means that if you say, call me and you wait and wait by the phone and he/she never calls, that means that they are not real friends. But if you say to real friends, call me, then 10 out of 11 times that person will call you,
I chose the illustration that is on my quilt because it shows two girls and one is saying "call me," and the other is saying, "OK." Between them are some years to show that they have been friends for a long time! My illustration also tells that a real friend judges you on the inside and stays that way forever!
     -by Victoria 
Cheerful
A good friend makes another friend happy. When my friends are feeling down, most of the time I try to make them happy. I like to make my friends smile.
I chose to illustrate this by drawing many smiley faces, because good friends make each other laugh.
     By Anthony 
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