Students use QUILL daily.

Students use QUILL

several times a week.

Students use QUILL once a week or less.

Students do not use QUILL, but do write

a. daily

b. several times a week

c. once a week or less

Teacher uses PLANNER in a variety of ways: e.g., creating pre-writing activities for students; having students create PLANNERS for themselves or other students.

Students create PLANNERS for their own writing assignments or for each other.

Teacher use PLANNER to create pre-writing activities for students.

Teacher does not use PLANNER,

a. but includes planning activities prior to writing

b. and does not use other pre-writing activitie

Teacher gives students QUILL writing assignments in several different genres.

Teacher gives students QUILL writing assignments in one or two genres.

Teacher does not use QUILL, but

a. students typically write in several different genres

b. students only write in one or two genres

Students use QUILL to write to a variety of real audiences.

Students rarely use QUILL to write to different audiences.

Students rarely use QUILL to write to real audiences.

Teacher does not use QUILL, but

a. students write to different audiences

b. students write to real audiences

Student's revision reflects a balance between content and mechanics.

Student revision focuses only on content.

Student revision focuses only on mechanics.

Students do not revise.