What is a Friend?

What are the special qualities of a friend? What do you want from a friend? How should he or she act towards you? What do you try to be to, and do for, your friends? What are some of the best things about friendship?

Write one paragraph discussing friends or friendship. (Do not write about a particular person.) Include a gerund sentence in your writing. Example: Sitting and gazing all day in the high tower is the lifeguard’s duty.

CHECK:

_____1. A well-developed paragraph (topic sentence, supporting sentences,

and a concluding sentence)

_____2. I have a title and a heading (name, date, hour, etc.)

_____3. I used capital letters and punctuation where needed

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_____4. An adult proofread the paper and has initialed it.

_____5. Make sure each word is spelled correctly.

_____6. No two sentences start with the same word in any one paragraph

_____7. No sentences start with A, An or The.

_____8. I have handed in the rough draft and the final copy.

_____9. One sentence is written in the form of a gerund.