SCRATCH+-+2014

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//** Now it's time to begin using the Scratch program.... **// //** Think of the following tasks like a "tool box." Once you have the tools you can make whatever you want. **// //** Work through each tutorial. Show Mrs. Grams when you have completed each task. These tasks will count as assignment grades. **//

Make a sprite bounce around the screen. (Challenge - make the sprite spin and move). []
 * __Task 1__**

__**Task 2**__ Make a sprite change color when you press the space-bar as it moves around the screen. []

__**Task 3**__ Make two sprites have a school appropriate text-bubble conversation. []

__**Task** **4**__ Create a program where your sprite is moving around a background using two or more costumes. Use the following blocks: MOTION (forward, backward, turning) LOOKS (changing costumes, changing effects, speaking/thinking) CONTROL (wait, green flag, repeating) []

__**Task 5**__ "X & Y Coordinates and Pen Down Effect" Using "go to x: __y__" to draw shapes []

__**Task 6**__ "Sensing Feature/Hide and Show" Reacting to the Mouse Pointer. . . []

__**Task 7**__ "Broadcasting and Receiving" Linking Sprite Scripts Sending and Receiving Messages to Change Your Sprite or Background []

__**Task 8**__ "Variable and Keeping Score" Put the Score on the Stage []

__**Task 9**__ Create a Video Game []

__**Task 10**__ Draw or edit two sprites and put them in a video game where health counts down and a score counts up. []

__**Task 11**__ Make a simple two player race game with a background. http://scratch-tpjhs.wikispaces.com/Simple+Race+Game

__**Task 12**__ Create a Sprite - makes sprites with moving eyes. Make a sprite that can face forward, left, and right. [] []

__**Task 13**__ Dance! Make a sprite dance. [] []

__**Task 14**__ Make a sprite dance to a beat. [] []

__**Task 15**__ Sprite Interaction via Variables (accompanied by a video tutorial) Step 1: Create a Music Sprite Step 2: Move Music Loop to the Music Sprite Step 3: Turn Music On and Off [] []

__**Task 16**__ Make a pong game using the instructions below http://scratch-tpjhs.wikispaces.com/Pong-Very+Basic-Single+Player

__**Task 17**__ Make a Mini Mario Game

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__**Task 18**__ Make your own animation or game. This task will be recorded as a project grade.

__**Task 19**__ Make an animation or game that informs others about an educational, societal, or global issue This task will be recorded as a project grade.

//** The following activities will count as project grades, not assignments: **//

Kaleidoscope [] To receive credit for this activity:
 * create your own sequence of events
 * add three different sprites
 * add sound effect as each individual sprite moves or turns
 * add a second drawing set

A Thousand Arrows [] To receive credit for this activity:
 * background changes
 * add sound when arrows turn

Linear Patterns [] To receive credit for this activity:
 * make the pen a different size and color
 * add sound as pen draws and turns

// This [| link] will show you how to slow down the speed. Take a look...You do need to create an account to view the script. //

Rock Band [] To receive credit for this activity:
 * //redraw// the costume of one sprite
 * add an additional melody
 * add two new members to the band
 * add four new members to the audience
 * add sound effects

Balloon Pop Game [] To receive credit for this activity:
 * add more balloons
 * add different speeds to specific balloons (all balloons should not go at same speed)

Music Video

__Requirements: __ Create a Scratch program that celebrates, describes, teaches, or displays some aspect of teenage culture and teenage life.

Meeting these minimum requirements will get you in the range of a B- or C grade. Exceeding them will give you a greater chance of getting an A.


 * You must include at least four different backgrounds or costumes of a background theme.
 * You must include at least seven different sprites (that does not include different costumes of a single sprite).
 * You must either include music or audio (sounds or spoken words).
 * You must include at least 25 different commands.
 * It may be educational, funny, sad, tragic, poetic, historic, or any other adjective or advertb you can describe it with.

Suggestions:


 * Look at some other Scratch projects for ideas and code writing help ([|www.scratch.mit.edu])
 * Show you understand how the blocks work together.
 * Need help? Use the Help menu at [|www.scratch.mit.edu]
 * Have fun!


 * RUBRIC **