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Scratch - Selection

What am I Learning today?

I am learning how to create a moving Sprite
I am learning how to use co-ordinates and xy values to manipulate a sprite

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Task 0 - My Scratch Project Click to see more

Task - My Scratch Project

Think of an idea for a coding project .

You have until the first lesson back after half term to complete your project. This will form part of your assessment. So even if you don't have the skills right now don't worry you soon will.

Click on the image below to see ideas

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NOTE: IT MUST BE YOUR OWN WORK!

Any code found to be plagerised without credit will get a 0



Task 1 - Getting Started Click to see more

Make sure that you have your scratch Powerpoint Open



Now log into your Scratch account

You can do that by clicking on the link below


Task 2 - Moving a sprite Click to see more

We're going to create a script for a sprite to make it move across the screen. So start by selecting a sprite. You can use the cat or add a sprite from the costume Library

Activity - Moving your Sprite.

  • Use the example below to make a sprite move up and left.
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    Challenge

  • Can you make your sprit move down and right?


  • Add a screenshot of your moving sprite code into your PowerPoint.

  • Task 3 - Using co-ordinates Click to see more

    Whenever we are coding graphics we need to use a co-ordinate system so that we know the position of the sprite on the screen.

    Here is the co-ordinate grid for scratch

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    You can see that the centre of the screen has the co-ordiantes (0,0)


    Using co-ordinates with a sprite

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    Above you can see that the ball sprite is at co-ords (-100,100) and that I have created a script that will move the ball to the centre of the screen (0,0) when the green flag is clicked.

    We can move our sprite with the Motion blocks

    as we have already seen using the Move 10 steps block we used earlier.

    Our challenge now is to move our sprite using the blocks below instead of the Move 10 steps block

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    Activity

    See if you can make your sprite move by changing the co-ordinate values of x and y.

    Hint:

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    Task 4 - Update your learning objective Click to see more

    Summing it all up

    Lets look at the learning outcomes and decide which one best describes our current level of understanding :

    Tick the one you feel is closest to your level

    Learning Outcomes I need to learn how to create a moving Sprite

    • I have a basic understanding of how I can create a moving Sprite with a little help from my teacher
    • I can show my teacher that I can create a moving Sprite without their help.
    • I can create a moving Sprite independently and I can also explain it to others and can complete any extension tasks I am given.

    🠜 Now update your learning objectivesClick on the Assessment image


    Task 5 - A bit of drawing Click to see more

    We are now going to do some drawing in scratch. So first we need to delete our cat and add a new pencil sprite.

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    Then we need to edit our pencil costume so that the tip of the pencil points to the centre of the area.

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    Now add in the x-y grid backdrop

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    Move our pencil so that it goes to the co-ordinates (-100 , 100)

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    Then finally in scratch online to do our drawing we have to click on the extensions button (in the bottom left corner of the screen).

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    and click on the pen extension

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    Now we are ready to do some drawing !

    Challenge 1 - Draw a square - Look at the scratch blocks below complete the script to draw a complete square.

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    Challenge 2 - Now try and draw a cross + in the centre of the screen like the one below.

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    More Challenges

    Other Shapes

    Answer the questions below based upon your current understanding of the topic i.e. ( Red, Amber, Green ) :

    • Write a program to create a line drawing of a triangle.
    • Extend your program to draw the different types of triangle, right-angled, isosceles, equilateral and scalene.
    • Write a program to use the keys to move the pencil so that you can create your own images.

    Create a different sprite for each drawing

    Task 6 - Update your learning objective Click to see more

    Summing it all up

    Lets look at the learning outcomes and decide which one best describes our current level of understanding :

    Tick the one you feel is closest to your level

    Learning Outcomes I need to learn how to use co-ordinates and xy values to manipulate a sprite

    • I have a basic understanding of how I can use co-ordinates and xy values to manipulate a sprite with a little help from my teacher
    • I can show my teacher that I can use co-ordinates and xy values to manipulate a sprite without their help.
    • I can use co-ordinates and xy values to manipulate a sprite independently and I can also explain it to others and can complete any extension tasks I am given.

    🠜 Now update your learning objectivesClick on the Assessment image


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