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Holiday Writing Planner

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Holiday Writing Planner

Choose a holiday memory—real or imagined. Use the prompts to collect ideas, then turn them into a lively piece of writing. Add details that help a reader picture the place, hear the sounds and understand how you felt.

Collect your ideas

Start with the moment you most want to remember. A tiny detail can make a story feel real.

1.Where did your holiday memory happen? Name the place and add one detail about what it looked or felt like.

2.Who was there with you, or who would you like to share this imagined holiday with? Write their names or how they are connected to you.

3.Choose the moment your writing will focus on: arriving, trying something new, discovering something, or saying goodbye. What happened?

4.Use your senses to collect details. Write one thing you could see, hear and smell or feel at your chosen moment.

5.Pick a precise action word to make your moment vivid. Complete the sentence: “I towards the water.”

6.How did you feel during the moment? Choose one feeling and explain what caused it.

Shape your writing

Put the reader in the scene, tell what happened, then finish with a thought or feeling.

7.Write an opening sentence that tells where you are and gives the reader a clue about the moment. Try starting with “On the first morning…” or “As the sun began to set…”

8.Write the middle of your story in two or three sentences. Tell what happened in order and include at least one sense detail.

9.Write a closing sentence. Tell why this moment stayed in your memory or what you would like to do next time.

Draw one detail from your holiday memory that you could describe in your writing.