Lesson 3
Opening scene
In this lesson, students return to the three-sentence narrative hook they wrote in Lesson 1. Students begin the lesson by sharing their narrative with a peer for feedback. From there, students will participate in a teacher-led activity where they will color-code their narrative using highlighters. This will serve as the basis for their algorithm and will help them determine which types of commands they will need to create their program. Students will return to their Scratch project from the last lesson and implement their algorithm.
Learning objective
Students will organize a sequence of commands to introduce users to their character’s narrative.
Standards
🌐 CSTA Standards
- 1B-AP-10: Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, and conditionals
- 1B-AP-11: Decompose (break down) problems into smaller, manageable subproblems to facilitate the program development process.
- 1B-AP-15: Test and debug (identify and fix errors) programs.
🇺🇸 Common Core Standards
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.b: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations
Multi-lesson projects
Students will use the same project across multiple lessons.
Lesson contents
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Scratch projects
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Multi-lesson project
Students will use the same project across multiple lessons