Essential Text Types - A Writing Guide for Students
Essential Text Types has been written by experienced classroom teachers. It is a ready reference tool for students, teachers and parents to assist in the production of more than 30 different types of written texts.
Each text type is presented in a double-page format, with a one-page analysis of the structure of the genre and a one-page example of the text type. This presentation provides the scaffolding and modelling necessary for the development of writing skills.
Essential Text Types is a unique tool for improving writing skills and can be used by students at the middle to upper secondary school level.
Product Information
Types of text Genres
1 Advertisement Media, Persuasive
2 Agenda and Minutes: business meeting
Informative
3 Autobiography / Biography Creative, Informative
4 Brochure / Flyer Media, Persuasive
5 Documentary Informative, Media
6 Editorial Media, Persuasive
7 Essay: comparative Informative, Literary
8 Essay: persuasive Informative, Persuasive
9 Feature Article Informative, Media
10 Film Review Informative, Persuasive, Media
11 Job Application: letter Informative, Persuasive
12 Job Application: résumé Informative
13 Job Interview Informative, Persuasive
14 Letter: business Informative
15 Letter to the Editor Media, Persuasive
16 Narrative Genre: teenage romance
Creative
17 Narrative Genre: contemporary novel
Creative
18 News Article Informative, Media
19 Nonfiction Informative, Literary
20 Novel: aspects and analysis Informative
21 Novel: essay Informative, Literary
22 Play: drama essay Informative, Literary
23 Play Review Informative, Media, Persuasive
24 Play Script: writing and performing
Creative, Literary
25 Poetry Essay Informative, Literary
26 Reference List Informative
27 Report Informative
28 Research Assignment Informative, Persuasive
29 Shakespearean Drama: aspects and analysis
Informative, Literary
30 Shakespearean Drama: essay Informative, Literary
31 Short Story Creative, Literary
32 Song Creative
33 Speech: occasional Informative
34 Speech: persuasive Informative, Persuasive
35 Textual Intervention Creative, Literary
36 Textual Reconstruction Creative, Literary
37 Website: homepage Informative, Media, Persuasive
38 Website: blog Informative, Media, Persuasive
Appendix
1 Glossary of Terms
2 Writing Activities
3 Table of Text Types
4 Writing should be fun!
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