Writing Types

Choose a grade level range: Pre-K, K–2, 3–5, or 6–8.

• Identify a writing assignment for each of Britton’s three functions of writing: expressive, transactional, and poetic.
• Write a short description of each type of writing.
• Create a student model or assignment handout with detailed directions and guidelines for students to follow with each type of writing.

Expressive

• Identify a writing assignment:
• Write a 200- to 300-word description:
• Create a student model or assignment handout with detailed directions and guidelines for students to follow with each type of writing:

Transactional

• Identify a writing assignment:
• Write a 200- to 300-word description:
• Create a student model or assignment handout with detailed directions and guidelines for students to follow with each type of writing

Poetic

• Identify a writing assignment:
• Write a 200- to 300-word description:
• Create a student model or assignment handout with detailed directions and guidelines for students to follow with each type of writing: