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 writing compound sentences by combining two sentences using and, or, but, or so. Students must choose the joining word that best connects the ideas.
Students practice writing compound sentences by combining two sentences using and.
Students practice forming different verb tenses by rewriting sentence, changing the bolded verb to the right tense.
Students rewrite the underlined adjective in its correct comparative or superlative form.
Students choose the correct preposition from the underlined choices throughout a text.
Students find and correct verb tense errors within a text.
Students practice writing with descriptive phrases by combining two sentences. Students choose the structure that works best with the ideas in the prompt. This is part 1 of 2 activities about writing with descriptive phrases on Quill.
Students practice writing with descriptive phrases by combining two sentences. Students choose the structure that works best with the ideas in the prompt. This is part 2 of 2 activities about writing with descriptive phrases on Quill.
Students practice writing with appositives phrases by combining two sentences. Students must place the appositive phrase at the beginning of a sentence. This is part 1 of 2 activities about using appositive phrases at the beginning of sentences on Quill.
Students practice writing with appositives phrases by combining two sentences. Students must place the appositive phrase at the beginning of a sentence. This is part 2 of 2 activities about using appositive phrases at the beginning of sentences on Quill.
Students practice writing with participial phrases by combining two sentences. Students decide whether the appositive fits best at the beginning, end, or in the middle of a sentence. This is part 1 of 2 activities about using appositive phrases in a sentence.
Students practice writing with participial phrases by combining two sentences. Students decide whether the appositive fits best at the beginning, end, or in the middle of a sentence. This is part 2 of 2 activities about using appositive phrases in a sentence.
Students practice writing with appositives phrases by combining two sentences. Students must place the appositive phrase at the end of a sentence. This is part 1 of 2 activities about using appositive phrases at the end of sentences on Quill.
Students practice writing with appositives phrases by combining two sentences. Students must place the appositive phrase at the end of a sentence. This is part 2 of 2 activities about using appositive phrases at the end of sentences on Quill.
Students practice writing with appositives phrases by combining two sentences. Students must place the appositive phrase in the middle of a sentence. This is part 1 of 4 activities about using appositive phrases in the middle of a sentence on Quill.
Students practice writing with appositives phrases by combining two sentences. Students must place the appositive phrase in the middle of a sentence. This is part 2 of 4 activities about using appositive phrases in the middle of a sentence on Quill.
Students practice writing with appositives phrases by combining two sentences. Students must place the appositive phrase in the middle of a sentence. This is part 3 of 4 activities about using appositive phrases in the middle of a sentence on Quill.
Students practice writing with appositives phrases by combining two sentences. Students must place the appositive phrase in the middle of a sentence. This is part 4 of 4 activities about using appositive phrases in the middle of a sentence on Quill.
Students practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using as long as, if, or unless. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt.
Students practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using as long as, if, or unless. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt.