Lesson: 9 - Draw Sprites and Costumes for sprites

Purpose : Students learn to create new costumes for Sprites and to draw new Backdrops.

Materials Required

Scratch software.

Curriculum Content Sprite (6.2), backdrop (6.1)
Prior knowledge

Students should know about drawing and painting.

Exercises

Exercise:1


  1. Draw the given below Sprite in a new Scratch file using the Paint tool. Teacher should explain what are the different methods of inserting a sprite? (Insert from library, Draw by paint tool, upload from local drive, Select from library by using surprise option).

    2. Exercise:2


  2. Create a Backdrop and a Sprite using paint options. Draw the below given picture in a Scratch file using the Paint tool. The teacher should explain the different methods of inserting backdrops(Insert from library, Draw by paint tool, upload from local drive, Select from library by using surprise option).

Solutions


  • See the solution video for different methods of inserting sprites in exercise-1.
  • See the solution video for how to draw given sprite in exercise-1
  • Click here to download Sb3 file for exercise-1.
  • See the solution video for different methods of inserting backdrop in exercise-2
  • See the solution video for how to draw given backdrop in exercise-2

    • Teacher's Instruction
    1. Teachers should teach how to insert Backdrops and Sprites.
    2. Teachers should explain to the Students the difference between a Backdrop and a Sprite. Show that the Sprite can be moved around on the stage.
    3. The Students should use their own creativity to draw unique Sprites and Backdrops.
    4. Teachers should use the technical words like Fill, Outline, Line, Polygon, Polyline, Oval, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical etc..