Lesson 2

Worldbuilding

In this lesson, students will transition from their student activity sheets to Scratch to create their character’s world. They will begin the lesson by reviewing the paint tools in the Costumes tab before creating their character and determining their survival items. Next, they will discuss the importance of the setting in a story and select three different backdrops that will change throughout the story. To conclude the lesson, students will discuss the importance of program initialization to ensure their program starts the same every time it’s run. They will set the initial location and size of their sprites and determine which backdrop will appear when the green flag is clicked.

school
Grade 4
local_library
Subject Language Arts
schedule
Length of lesson 50 minutes

Learning objective

Students will use commands to set their starting scene.

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.

🇺🇸 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.a: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.d: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

Multi-lesson projects

Students will use the same project across multiple lessons.

Lesson contents

Scratch projects

Logic and lore

Student resource

Multi-lesson project

Students will use the same project across multiple lessons