Lesson: 9 - Create New Costumes and Backdrops

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).


Exercise:2


  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).


Solutions


  • See the solution video for different methods of inserting sprites in exercise-1. (Solution).
  • See the solution video for how to draw given sprite in exercise-1 (Solution).
  • See the solution video for different methods of inserting backdrop in exercise-2 (Solution).
  • See the solution video for how to draw given backdrop in exercise-2 (Solution).

    • 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.
    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, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical etc..