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CREATING SHAPES
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                  Your Aim

                  to learn about:
                       Pen Block                                     Drawing a Line in Scratch
                        Drawing Polygons in Scratch                    Drawing a Square in Scratch
                          Drawing a Circle in Scratch



            Now you will learn how to draw shapes in Scratch by writing scripts. To draw shapes

            in Scratch, you will use Pen blocks. Let us learn about Pen blocks now.
                PEN BLOCKS


            The Pen blocks are green in colour. These blocks draw a trail as the Sprite moves
            on the stage. You can change the color of the pen. In Scratch 3.0, you have to add
            Pen blocks to the block category. To do so, follow the given steps:

            Step 1   Click on the Add Extension button                   at the bottom left corner of the
                     Code tab. A Choose an Extension window opens.


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            Step 2  Click on Pen option. The Pen blocks are added to the Code tab.

            Now let us learn about some of the Pen blocks and what they are used for:
                  erase all   block erases everything drawn by the pen.


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