In the article we analyze the specific characteristics of reflective abilities necessary to perceive, interpret and generate a text, and adapt the basic model of students’ reflective abilities to the process of text working. Some ways of integrating text and reflective activity for writing text-based argument essay are presented. We give different variants of tasks that may be used in teaching senior pupils text activity.

Keywords: text activity, reflection, students’ reflective abilities, argument essay based on the original.