I’ve been looking at a new writing tool that shows promise, so I thought I’d share. https://www.quill.org/ was created by a non-profit group committed to providing writing tools that will help students improve their composition skills. Created from the Common Core, Quill provides exercises and assessments to help students improve their writing. The activities are brief and can be used as bell-ringers, or extensions. Teachers have dashboard access that will help them monitor student progress. Here is a brief introduction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-clKDhqrqQ (check out their channel for more activities: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9mgvktG6vxp7XoYEJTiaw )

Quill allows you to create classrooms, add students, and assign activities. It integrates with Google Classroom, so you if you are using Classroom, you can just connect the two. While they do have a “Premium” (paid)  version that provides greater in-depth reporting, the free version allows access to all of the tools.