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Lesson 5 V3

This lesson plan teaches students how to use the pen tool in Scratch to draw shapes and create patterns. It explains concepts like angles, repeats, and provides code examples to draw squares and other shapes. The lesson encourages students to be creative in using these skills to draw a garden scene.

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Lesson 5 V3

This lesson plan teaches students how to use the pen tool in Scratch to draw shapes and create patterns. It explains concepts like angles, repeats, and provides code examples to draw squares and other shapes. The lesson encourages students to be creative in using these skills to draw a garden scene.

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Lesson Plan 5

In the Garden

Mathematical Skills / Concepts


Scratch Features
Curricular Links
Problem Solving, Sequencing, Time
Using Pen Function / Repeated Drawing
Mathematics, Art

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plans provided you make no changes to the content (including the attribution to the authors and these license terms); you may not use these lesson
plans for commercial purposes, and you may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. We encourage the use of this material in educational
settings, and you are welcome to print your own copy of the lesson plans. We welcome enquiries and suggestions, which should be directed to the
authors (see www.lero.ie/educationoutreach).

© 2019 Lero MMXIX:VI:VIII Version 3.01


Learning Objectives
The child will:
Teacher Tip
• Use the pen function to create 2D shapes. Allow the children to explore
the scratch.mit.edu website for
• Use lines and angles to create images. inspiration for their projects.
• Use repeats to draw an image. Remind them that Scratch is
about sharing and building on
other people’s work.
Introduction
The pen function allows you to draw images in Scratch. It should be familiar to anyone who has
used Logo.
• When drawing in Scratch, imagine that the sprite is “carrying” a pen. Everywhere the
sprite moves, it leaves a line behind. For example, if you wish to draw a square, move
the sprite in the shape of a square and the line will appear.
• A fun way to introduce this concept is to ask one of the children to become a sprite.
They stand in free space and other children direct them around the classroom. In this
way the children are giving and following specific instructions such as “Walk five steps
forward. Turn 90 degrees to the left.”

Load the Pen Extension


!
1. Select the extensions chooser from the bottom left of the Scratch application screen.
2. Choose the Pen extension from the extension menu.
3. Upon return to the Scratch application you’ll see the pen extension and the pen blocks
loaded.

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Drawing shapes
• Select a sprite.
• Click on the pen palette.
• The “pen down” block puts the pen down on the screen to write.
• “Pen up” lifts the pen off the page so the sprite can move without drawing.
• “Clear” removes all drawing from the stage.
• “Stamp” prints a replica of the sprite onto the stage.
• To draw a line use the pen down block and add a motion block.

• Add a turn to draw shapes. Turns are based on the degrees of a full rotation.

Challenge Time 1!
1. Draw a square.
2. Use the hide block (looks palette) to hide the sprite and better see the shape.
3. Experiment with pen colour and pen size.

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Angles
The angles for a full rotation must add up to 360 degrees. These degrees are divided between the
number of corners a shape has. Therefore
Square /rectangle = 4 x 90 Triangle = 3 x 120
Pentagon = 5 x 72 Hexagon = 6 x 60

Challenge Time 1!
1. Draw a square.
2. Use the hide block (looks palette) to hide the sprite and better see the shape.
3. Experiment with pen colour and pen size.
4. Add waits to slow the sprite down. This will allow you to see the sprites moving.
5. Try some other shapes such as triangles, pentagons and hexagons.

Repeats
• Repeats allow you to draw shapes more quickly. They also enable you to create
interesting patterns.
• To draw a square you can just draw one side, turn, and repeat it 4 times.

• The number of repeats will obviously depend on the number of sides a shape has.

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Patterns
Repeated drawing can also be used to create unusual patterns.
Code A
Challenge Time 2!
1. Enter Code A into scratch and see what happens.
2. Alter the code to change the colours and shapes used.

Ultimate Challenge!
1. Using the pen draw a garden (imagine hexagon
flowers with square leaves).
2. Be as creative as you can.
3. Have a look at other people’s projects. Tell them
what you like and suggest ideas to make their
project even better!
Notes

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