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7                              More on Scratch


















                               Your Aim

                               to learn about:

                                        Starting Scratch                     Choosing a Sprite
                                          Deleting a Sprite                    Choosing a Backdrop
                                           Understanding Blocks                  Creating a Script
                                            Pen Block                              Use of Loop Blocks


                 A computer cannot understand our language. To make a computer work, it needs
                 commands or instructions in the language it understands. Computer programming

                 language allows us to give instructions to the computer in a language it understands.
                 Scratch is an easy programming language that is used to create games, animated
                 stories and interactive art and share creations with one another over the Internet.
                 Scratch has blocks that are dragged to combine and create a project.

                     STARTING SCRATCH

                 Double-click on the Scratch (cat) icon if there is a shortcut in the Launcher.

                 or
                 Click on the Show Applications → Type Scratch in the search box → Scratch.
                 Clickipedia




                   Commands written in a programming language are called a program.



                 Components of Scratch Window

                 You already know about the components of the Scratch window. Let’s recall them.

                    Sprite: It is an object that we see on the Scratch stage. The “cat” is the default
                      sprite.
                    Stage: It is the main working area to draw or perform action. It shows the
                      output of the program.


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