Scratch for Educators

Scratch Project: Name Dance

What is today's assignment?

  1. make a new Scratch project.
  2. move Scratch sprites around the stage.
  3. use message passing.

What do I have to do?

  1. Make a new Scratch program that:
    1. has a sprite for each letter of your first name.
    2. puts the letters in order when you click the green flag.
    3. each letter will:
      1. move from its starting place to the center of the stage.
      2. say what it stands for.
      3. use quotations around the letter and the word. Example: D is for Dedicated!
      4. return to the place where it started.
    4. uses message passing to tell the next letter to move.
  2. Link your project from your digital portfolio.

Do you need help?

Look at this example: JEFF . Use your last project to help you.

Check your work.

Did you do all of these steps? If you say Yes to each, you earn an A.

YesNo 1. You have a Scratch project with a sprite for each letter of your name.
YesNo 2. Pressing the green flag makes the sprites to move to spell your name.
YesNo 3. Each sprite moves, says something, then moves back.
YesNo 4. You used capitalization and quotes correctly.
YesNo 5. Your project is linked from your digital portfolio.