Lesson+3+Sprites+and+Paint+Editor

Paint Editor Watch the Video Below to Learn:

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Sprites are the characters/objects that perform actions on the Stage of your Scratch projects. While the Stage can also be programmed in a project, most projects have at least one sprite as well because only sprites can move.
 * What are Sprites? **
 * [[image:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M7D12gaK-Fc/UeilgkDlNII/AAAAAAAAAMY/s9HShE5Yg4s/s400/Sprite_and_Screen.png width="241" height="400" align="center"]] ||
 * An image of a sprite appearing on both the stage and the sprite list. ||

Before you Scratch that itch for this next ABLE, watch these two videos:

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 Lets SCRATCH! In this Lesson you are going to create your own sprite. 1. Open a new project in SCRATCH 2. Deleted the Scratch Cat Sprite 3. Click on the Paint brush icon to open up the Paint Editor and draw your sprite. (need more help with navigating the paint editor--check out these very helpful Paint Editor Tips ) 4. Give your Sprite a friend by choosing a Sprite from the Scratch Sprite Library 5. Once you have completed this, reflect on what you have learned about Sprites
 * Did you explore the both BITMAP and VECTOR modes of the Paint Editor?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Each mode has its benefits, when do you think you would chose one mode over the other and why?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">What did you discover about sprites
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">Give link to your project.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">How about creating some additional costumes for the Sprite you created, So you will have 4 costumes: Front, Back, Facing left, and Facing right. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">**What's a costume?** Take a look at this Scratch Card below. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Take it further **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Reflection Time: Once you have completed this, reflect on what you have learned about Sprites in Scratch Notebook in your Google Doc file.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Did you explore the both BITMAP and VECTOR modes of the Paint Editor?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Each mode has its benefits, when do you think you would chose one mode over the other and why?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">What did you discover about sprites
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Give link to your project.