🏖️ Part 1: Planning Your Holiday Highlights

1. Think about your school holidays. What were your favourite highlights? Write key words or phrases in each box below to plan your paragraphs.

Paragraph 1 - First Holiday Highlight:

Paragraph 2 - Second Holiday Highlight:

Paragraph 3 - Third Holiday Highlight (optional):

✏️ Part 2: Sentence Structure Practice

2. Circle the complete sentences. Remember: complete sentences have a subject (who/what) and a verb (action word), start with a capital letter, and end with a full stop.

During the holidays went to the beach.

I visited my grandparents in Auckland.

My family and I.

We played cricket in the park.

Swimming at the pool with friends.

3. Fix these sentence fragments by adding the missing parts. Write the complete sentences below:

Fragment: Went to the movies with my sister.

Fragment: The delicious ice cream.

🔗 Part 3: Linking Words

4. Choose the best linking words to connect these ideas. Tick all the linking words that could work:

Sentence 1: We went to the beach. Sentence 2: We built sandcastles.

Also

Then

But

5. Complete these sentences using linking words from the box:

Word Bank: also, then, but, so, and

I wanted to go swimming, _______ it was too cold.

We visited the museum _______ we went to the café for lunch.

My brother played football, _______ I played on the playground.

📝 Part 4: Writing Your Holiday Highlights

6. Now write about your holiday highlights! Use your planning from Part 1 to write 2-3 paragraphs. Remember to:

Writing Checklist:

Start each sentence with a capital letter

End each sentence with a full stop

Write complete sentences (subject + verb)

Use linking words to connect ideas

Start each new paragraph on a new line

Group related ideas together in paragraphs

My Holiday Highlights

🌟 Part 5: Peer Review and Reflection

7. Share your writing with a partner. Have them read your work and complete this feedback:

Partner's Name: _________________

One sentence I really liked:

One suggestion for improvement:

8. Reflect on your writing. Set a goal for next time:

I will use more linking words

I will check my punctuation more carefully

I will write longer, more detailed sentences

I will organise my paragraphs better

Other: ________________________

9. What did you enjoy most about writing your holiday highlights?

Holiday Highlights Writing

Holiday Highlights Writing

🏖️ Part 1: Planning Your Holiday Highlights

Paragraph 1 - First Holiday Highlight:

Paragraph 2 - Second Holiday Highlight:

Paragraph 3 - Third Holiday Highlight (optional):

✏️ Part 2: Sentence Structure Practice

🔗 Part 3: Linking Words

📝 Part 4: Writing Your Holiday Highlights

My Holiday Highlights

🌟 Part 5: Peer Review and Reflection

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