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The purpose of the research is to determine the trends of type writing in the free writing studies of high school students. It is important for research to determine which type of writing high school students are inclined to write. The research is carried out with basic quality research from research types. The study’s work group consists of 133 girls (59%) and 93 (41%) male students who studied in three different state high schools during the 2018-2019 academic year. 21 students are in 5th class, 73 in 6th class, 64 in 7th class and 68 in 8th class. The research data collection tool is a table of text types included in the Turkish Teaching Programme (2018) . The data of the research was collected through document review (documental scan) and analyzed by content analysis technique. The data is first coded and then the codes are gathered under certain categories. The coding was done with two field experts and the compatibility between the coding was observed. In cases where coding differences occur, the relevant data was shown to a third field expert and the coding was given the final form. The results achieved by the research are: 5th grade students tend to write in experimental and memorial types. 6th grade students tend to write in trial, story and memories.  7th-class students tend to write in trial, memories and stories. 8th grade students tend to write in experimental, memorial and story types. High school students tend to write in experimental, memorial and story types.