Quill provides learning activities that engage students in the writing process through web applications teaching grammar and writing skills. Teachers have a dashboard that shows them how their students are progressing on the Common Core standards.
Quill provides a diagnostic that assesses students on their writing skills and then recommends up to eight weeks of instruction based on the results. Teachers can also pick from over 300 activities built from 42 Common Core standards, and can then view the results in detailed reports. Some of our most popular activities include complex sentences, comma usage, capitalization, verb tense agreement, and commonly confused words.
Each activity takes 10 minutes in length, and students typically complete their assignments in class. As students are working, they receive instant feedback on their work. This feedback helps students quickly master writing skills, and it saves teachers dozens of hours spent grading. Teachers can view reports that show which students need the most in-class help and which students are ready to advance to more challenging materials.
Students practice recognizing the difference between affect and effect by rewriting sentences with the correct word.
Students practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using after or before. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt.
Students practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using after or before. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt.
Students correct a variety errors within a text. The errors are underlined.
Students find and correct commonly confused words errors within a text.
Students choose the correct relative pronoun from the underlined choices throughout a text.
Students use the method of their choice to combine two sentences based on an excerpt from the novel All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Students practice using various types of phrases and clauses to convey meaning and add variety to combined sentences.
Students choose the correct conjunctive adverb from the underlined choices throughout a text.
Student practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using although, even though, though or while at the beginning of a sentence. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt. This is activity 1 of 2 in the Although, Even though, Though, and While at the Beginning series.
Students practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using although, even though, though or while at the beginning of a sentence. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt. This is activity 2 of 2 in the Although, Even though, Though, and While at the Beginning series.
Students practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using although, since, or when. Students must choose the joining word that best connects the ideas.
Students practice writing compound and complex sentences by combining two sentences using one of the three provided joining words. Students must choose the joining word that best connects the ideas.
Students practice writing compound sentences by combining two sentences using one of the three provided joining words. Students must choose the joining word that best connects the ideas.
Students practice writing compound sentences by combining two sentences using and or or. Students must choose the joining word that best connects the ideas. This is activity 1 of 2 in the series.
Students practice writing compound sentences by combining two sentences using and or or. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt.
Students practice writing compound sentences by combining two sentences using and or or. Students must choose the joining word that best connects the ideas. This is activity 2 of 2 in the series.
Students practice writing compound sentences by combining two sentences using and, or, but, or so. Students must choose the joining word that best connects the ideas. This is activity 1 of 4 in the series.
Students practice writing compound sentences by combining two sentences using and, or, but, or so. Students must choose the joining word that best connects the ideas. This is activity 2 of 4 in the series.
Students practice writing compound sentences by combining two sentences using and, or, but, or so. Students must choose the joining word that best connects the ideas. This is activity 3 of 4 in the series.
Students practice writing compound sentences by combining two sentences using and, or, but, or so. Students must choose the joining word that best connects the ideas. This is activity 4 of 4 in the series.