Week 5: Coding and English Part 1
About
In the Coding and English sessions, you will learn about how the teaching of Coding can be linked with the teaching of English, through the creation of digital stories in Scratch.
This session’s activities have been adapted from Unit 3 (Stories) of the Creative Computing Curriculum guide. The activities in Unit 3 are intended to encourage discussions about authorship, re-using materials and remixing projects in Scratch.
In the Part 1 session, we will focus on three activities from Unit 3 of the Creative Computing Curriculum guide: Characters, Conversations and Scenes.
Key Terms
algorithm, computational thinking, computational concept, coding, visual programming, sequences, remixing, events, parallelism, loops, broadcasting, custom block, reset, backpack, pair programming, debugging
Materials
Presentations
Activities
- Creative Computing Unit 3: Stories Part 1
- Broadcasting Activity: Example Blocks
- Sydney Slideshow Video with a Gliding Cat Sprite
- Extension: Code Club’s Chatbot Project
Homework
Links
Workshop Links
Storytelling with Scratch Links
- Scratch Resources: Create a Story Cards
- CS First: Storytelling Unit - Lesson Plans
- ScratchEd: Scratch Across Every Subject: Literacy
- How to Use Scratch for Digital Storytelling - Blog Post
Related Research
- Quinn Burke & Yasmin B. Kafai: Programming & Storytelling: Opportunities for Learning About Coding & Composition
- Caitlin Kelleher & Randy Pausch: Using Storytelling To Motivate Programming