CS First - Storytelling (Gr. 4-6)

Description

This lesson, designed for Grade 4-6, will help students expand their storytelling abilities into a digital platform. You and your students will learn how to use code to tell an interactive story. After exploring the coding options in Scratch for CS First, your students will be able to get creative and bring their own stories to life. This lesson focuses on builds and creativity and would be a great supplement to teachers looking to develop and expand students knowledge and understanding of story creation.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson students will:

  • Create an interactive setting for a story using loops and randomness concepts
  • Create a premise of a story by customizing their code through sequencing, randomness, looping, and testing
  • Use dynamic characterization in a story using custom settings and code
  • Create a dialogue in a story through sequencing
  • Create a personal narrative to a story through sequencing


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