Project Description:

Too often in class students spend a lot of time dissecting stories but in this activity, students use their knowledge of parts of a story to construct a story. They create a beginning, middle, and end. They come up with a problem and a solution. They create characters and dialogue between characters. Throughout the process, they are given feedback by the instructor that helps them reach the ultimate goal of creating a stand-alone story. All of this is done while students learn block coding.

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Integration:

ELA:

Story- Students create a story of their own only limited by what is in Scratch jr and their imagination.

Students demonstrate knowledge of parts of a story throughout the project.

Coding:

Students learn about block coding and how it gives instructions for the movement and interactions of the characters.

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Extension:

Scratch jr can be used to tell a story about anything... a science topic, a math topic, to review a subject, Sociocultural (bullying, ethical issues..)