Paul B. Diederich was a pioneer of the Six Traits of Writing. The Six Traits built on his model of five traits and fifty-five categories of comment. Although his traits were a bit different than the current Six Traits of Writing, his traits did include both ideas<\/strong> and organization<\/strong>. In fact, for Diederich, ideas<\/strong> and organization<\/strong> were the two most important traits, and they received greater weight.<\/p>\n Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay<\/strong><\/a><\/span> agrees with Paul B. Diederich. Did you know that Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay<\/strong><\/a><\/span> guarantees that students will be able to get ideas, organize their ideas, and then write a complete essay using those ideas\u2014quickly and easily? It does!<\/p>\n It\u2019s not that ideas and organization are the only traits, but once students have mastered these two traits, everything else in teaching writing becomes easier. The truth is that it\u2019s easy to layer on<\/strong><\/em> the other traits on top of great ideas and effective organization. The reverse is not true! Here\u2019s why\u2026<\/p>\n Organization is the hardest trait.<\/span> Not only is organization one of the most important traits, but it\u2019s also one of the hardest traits for students to master. I have seen the above quote many times over the years in the world of Six Traits. I\u2019ll admit that I\u2019m not quite sure who \u201cK-12 Student Writers Across America\u201d is; however, my experience teaching writing has me agreeing with them.<\/p>\n Have you ever been surprised to discover what your students\u2019 understanding of a concept really was? Sometimes teachers believe that they have done a great job teaching a concept, and then a student says something that lets them know that their students don\u2019t understand the concept at all!<\/p>\n I have found this to be VERY true with students\u2019 understanding of the organizational structure of good writing. It can be eye-opening to ask students what a main idea<\/em> is! Whatever you do, don\u2019t ask your students what a topic sentence, a paragraph, an introduction, a conclusion, or paragraph form are. You may be shocked.<\/p>\n Actually, I\u2019ll be quite frank here\u2014it doesn\u2019t matter what your students\u2019 answers are. Being able to explain what these concepts are is not that important when it comes to writing well. When it comes to the skill of writing<\/strong>, that\u2019s not how you show understanding. In fact, being able to explain all of these organizational concepts could be considered the booby prize, as writing is a skill<\/strong>. In baseball, home run hitters don\u2019t need to understand how to hit a home run\u2014they just need to be able to hit one.<\/p>\n The truth is that we want our students to understand these concepts because we want them to be able to apply them in their writing. When students understand organization in writing, they will demonstrate their understanding by applying organizational concepts to their writing. In other words, they will show their understanding by creating nicely organized writing.<\/p>\n Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay<\/strong><\/a><\/span> does have aspects that are traditional; however, there are many parts of the program that simply rely on pattern. \u201cJust do this. Follow this pattern. What do you think?\u201d One thing is certain: you have never seen anything quite like Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Does this method work? Yes! And it works FAST! When it comes to getting ideas and organizing ideas, you will have a classroom full of home run hitters in no time! Your students will say, \u201cI get it! I finally get it! I can\u2019t even read what I was writing before!\u201d Paul B. Diederich and Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay<\/strong><\/a><\/span> both agree that ideas and organization are more important than Voice when it comes to teaching beginning writers and struggling writers how to write. Create writing success today\u2014and then build on it!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ideas and Organization: The Most Important Traits Paul B. Diederich was a pioneer of the Six Traits of Writing. The Six Traits built on his model of five traits and fifty-five categories of comment. 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\nK-12 Student Writers Across America<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nDo Students Understand Organization in Writing?<\/h3>\n