Al Corniche International School

888Boys' License No. S251-Girls' License No. 4321440071

Grade: 5
Ms. Sabina Ahmed

Subject: Computer

Teacher:

CHAPTER: SCRATCH-A PROGRAMMING

LANGUAGE
Board Notes

1) Scratch is a free software with which we can draw figures, play sounds and
music and create animations.
2) Scratch can be downloaded from the website
www.scratch.mit.edu/scratch_1.4
3) The name of any character who makes drawing on the stage of scratch is
called as sprite. The preset sprite is a cat.

4) Scratch is divided into four main sections.

a) The Blocks Palette
b) The Script Area
c) The Stage
d) The Sprites List
a) The Blocks Palette is the area that has blocks for drawing, playing sound
and music and creating animations.
b) The Script Area is the area where blocks are dragged and dropped.
c) The Stage is the area where sprite draws.
d) The Sprites List is the list from where we can paint new sprite, choose
sprite from file, get a surprise sprite or edit stage.
5) The following picture labels different sections of scratch :

The Blocks
Palette
The
Script Area
The Stage

The
Sprites List

6) The blocks palette is divided into 8 different categories which can be

used to perform different actions.
7) We can choose blocks from motion category to make sprite move and turn.
a) The block
enables sprite to move forward.
b) The block
enables sprite to move backward.
c) The block
enables sprite to turn right.
d) The block
enables sprite to turn left.
8) We can choose blocks from pen category to edit sprites pen.
a) The block
enables sprite to trace a line when it moves, without
pen down sprite can never draw any figure.
b) The block
changes the color of pen.
c) The block
changes the size of pen to a fixed width
which does not decreases or increases by a particular amount each time
this block is clicked.
d) The block
changes the size of pen to a changing
width which increases or decreases by a particular mentioned amount
each time this is clicked.
e) The block
enables sprite to move without tracing a line behind.
f) The block
clears all the drawings on the stage.
9) The following steps enables sprite to draw a square.
I.
Pen down
II.
Move 100 steps
III.
Turn right 90 degrees
IV.
Move 100 steps
V.
Turn right 90 degrees
VI.
Move 100 steps
VII.
Turn right 90 degrees
VIII.
Move 100 steps
IX.
Turn right 90 degree
Hint: Since a square has all four sides equal so we are moving equal 100
steps for all four sides.
10)
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.

The following steps enables sprite to draw a rectangle.

Pen down
Move 100 steps
Turn right 90 degrees
Move 50 steps
Turn right 90 degrees
Move 100 steps
Turn right 90 degrees
Move 50 steps

IX.

Turn right 90 degree

Hint: Since a rectangle has 4 sides and each opposite 2 sides are equal out of the 4
sides so we are moving equal 100 steps for 2 opposite sides and equal 50 steps for
2 opposite sides.

11)
black
I.
II.
III.
IV.

The following steps enable sprite to draw a line with pen size 10 and
pen color.
Pen down
Set pen size to 10
Set pen color black
Move 100 steps

12)
We can choose blocks from looks category to let sprite talk and
change its looks.
a) The block
enables sprite to talk for a period of time.
b) The block
enables sprite to change costume color to a
non-fixed color that gives a different color every time this block is
clicked.
c) The block
enables sprite to change costume color to a
fixed color that gives the same color every time this block is clicked.
d) The block
enables sprite to become bigger or smaller by a
particular mentioned amount every time this block is clicked.
e) The block
sets the size of sprite to a particular mentioned
amount that does not change every time this block is clicked.
13)
We can choose blocks from sound category to let sprite produce
music.
14)
We can choose blocks from control category to control the
movement of sprite.
a) The block
repeats a particular block placed in it the number
of times as mentioned and stops.
b) The block
repeats a particular block placed in it and never
stops.
15)
The following steps draw a square using the repeat block :
I.
Repeat 4
II.
Pen down
III.
Move 100 steps
IV.
Turn right 90 degrees
V.
End repeat