This article offers ideas as to how students can collaborate as they learn about and utilize a variety of text types (also known as rhetorical modes). The article begins with explanations of the teaching of text types and cooperative learning. The longest section of the article consists of examples of ways that students can use cooperative learning techniques to work together to expand their knowledge of text types and to use that knowledge in their writing. The following are appended: (1) Recipe for Cooking Instant Noodles (adapted from Rajan, Jacobs, Loh, and Ward, 2002); (2) My First Attempt at Cooking; and (3) Feedback Checklist for Procedures Texts (adapted from Rajan, Jacobs, Loh, and Ward, 2002).