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8                      Programming in Scratch















                                  Your Aim

                                  to learn about:
                                         Sprite’s Direction                  Pen Block

                                          Use of Loop Blocks                  Drawing Polygons in Scratch
                                           Drawing a Square in Scratch         Drawing a Circle in Scratch
                                            Drawing Patterns


                 Scratch is a programming language designed for small children. It is easy to make
                 games, animations, stories, etc. in Scratch. It is also free to download from the
                 Internet. You have learned interesting things about Scratch. Let us now learn to
                 draw  shapes using Scratch  blocks by  moving the  Sprite  around  on  the  screen.

                 Before we actually draw shapes, let us understand the screen of the Scratch.

                     SPRITE’s DIRECTION

                 You can change the direction of the sprite by using the Turn block under the
                 Motions block menu. The          turn   15  degrees   block will turn the sprite in a clockwise

                 direction by the specified number of degrees. The  turn                15  degrees  block will turn
                 the sprite in an anti-clockwise direction by the specified number of degrees.
                 The value of the degree specified in the Turn block can be changed according to
                 our requirement.

                      turn    15  degrees       turn     15  degrees

                                                                                              0
                                                                                      -45
                                                                                                      45



                                                                                 -90                     90


                                                                                 -135
                                                                                                      135
                                                                                            180
                           Clockwise                Anti-Clockwise




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