Johnny comes up to your desk and has written sentences. They all have proper sentence structure, but they don’t paint a picture in the mind of the reader. You explain to Johnny that he should add more colorful and descriptive words. It all sounds good, but what if you had a website to show what it would look like.
Now there is one…

Telescopic Text is a great site. Using the image above, the sentence starts with three words. On the web-site, you can click on a word to expand the sentence. The example above shows one sentence and how it has expanded from three words to seven words. The original sentence has now been developed into a more descriptive sentence.
When using this with your class, you will need to create an account and all students will use it. Their sentences can
be saved here. To get started, click on telescopictext.org in the bottom right hand corner of the page. The next page contains a paragraph with underlined words. When you click on one of the underlined words, you will receive directions on how to use the site.