Operation Manual

A beginner’s guide to Scratch
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Lesson 1.2: Moving sprites
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: In this exercise, you will learn how to move sprites
around the Scratch screen in a controlled way and how to tell a joke.
RESOURCES: The sprite “roman_cat” and the background “roman_stage”.
The cat is feeling a bit lonely, so we’d better create some characters for it to play
with. You can either paint your own sprites or import sprites from the Scratch
Costumes folder. Use the New Sprites buttons to do this.
On the right-hand side of the program, just below the stage and above the Sprite
List, you’ll see three buttons: the New Sprite buttons. It’s these we’re going to use.
I want to add a time-travelling boy to my stage. To keep things simple, and to let
us get on with some more programming, we’re just going to import him.
Click on the middle New Sprite button and import the sprite “boy4-walking-c”. But
wait a sec: he’s facing the wrong way! No problem. Go to the Costumes tab and
click on Edit. Use the Flip Horizontally button to make him face to the left.
Notes:
PAINT NEW SPRITE
CHOOSE A NEW SPRITE FROM FILE
GET A SURPRISE SPRITE