Birthday Card Project

In honour of Scratchs 10th birthday, May the Scratch Team has added a new tutorial to the site. Tutorials are a
series of pages students can use to complete a project. Tutorials are more complex than Scratch Cards and less
complex than Remixing projects.
The link to the Birthday Card tutorial is: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=card

Here is the link to posted projects: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/3959153/ Remember projects will be added all
the time so your screen will probably NOT look like this screen shot taken May 3rd am.
Possible Report Card Comments
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Grade 5 & 6 Writing

1. Developing and Organizing Content
Developing Ideas: 1.2 Name generates ideas about a potential topic and identifies those most appropriate for
the purpose of creating a Scratch project (for example her/his card).

Research: 1.3 Name uses multimedia resources such as Scratch and he/she uses the information gathered from
examining other Scratch projects as research to develop his/her project (for example, creating a Scratch card).

Grade 5 & 6 Media Literacy

2. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques

Form: 2.1 Name describes in detail the main elements of some media forms (e.g., Scratch Projects: cast of
sprites, description of background scenes, actions, flow, texts, and effects).

3. Creating Media Texts

Purpose and Audience: 3.1 Name describes in specific detail the topic, purpose, and audience for media texts
they plan to create, and identify challenges they may face in achieving their purpose (e.g., coding a Scratch
Project such as a card).

Conventions and Techniques: 3.3 Name identifies conventions and techniques appropriate to the form chosen
for a media text he/she plans to create, and explains how he/she will use the conventions and techniques to help
communicate his/her message (e.g., a project in Scratch).

Producing Media Texts: 3.4 Name produces a variety of media texts for specific purposes and audiences, using
appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques (e.g., a computer generated project in Scratch).

4. Reflecting on Media Literacy

Skills and Strategies Metacognition: 4.1 Name identifies what strategies he/she found most helpful in making
sense of and creating media texts (for example his/her Scratch Project), and explain how these and other
strategies can help him/her improve as a media viewer/listener/producer.
Media Literacy - 1. Understanding Media Texts
Responding to and Evaluating Texts: 1.3 Name evaluates the effectiveness of the presentation and treatment of
ideas, information, themes, opinions, issues, and/or experiences in media texts (e.g., evaluate other Scratch
projects as to the effectiveness with which themes are developed, supported, and illustrated).

2. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques

Form: 2.1 Name describes in detail the main elements of some media forms (e.g., Scratch Projects: cast of
sprites, description of background scenes, actions, flow, texts, and effects).
 Grade 7 & 8 Media Literacy

1. Understanding Media Texts

Responding to and Evaluating Texts: 1.3 Name evaluates the effectiveness of the presentation and treatment of
ideas, information, themes, opinions, issues, and/or experiences in media texts (e.g., Scratch Projects).

2. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques

Form: 2.1 Name explains how individual elements of various media forms combine to create, reinforce, and/or
enhance meaning (e.g., explain how the elements such as colour, special effects and music are used in
combination to make the Scratch Project meaningful).

Conventions and Techniques: 2.2 Name identifies the conventions and techniques he/she used in a media forms
such as Scratch and explains how they help convey meaning and influence or engage the audience (e.g., block
choice, variables, backdrops, sprites, sounds, or music).