Lesson 2
Setting the scene
In this lesson, students will use their completed plan from lesson one to start creating their program. They will be introduced to Scratch and compare the role of different commands. The lesson will focus on program initialization and compare it to actors finding their starting positions at the beginning of a show. By the end of the lesson, students will have used specific commands in their program to reset the positions and size of their character sprites.
Learning objective
Students will set the initial positions of characters in their program.
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-12: Modify, remix, or incorporate portions of an existing program into one's own work, to develop something new or add more advanced features
- 1B-AP-15: Test and debug (identify and fix errors) programs.
Common Core Standards
- CCSS.ELA.W.5.3.a: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
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