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Animating text

I can develop a design that includes two or more loops.

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Animating text

I can develop a design that includes two or more loops.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Two or more loops can run at the same time.
  2. Repetition can be used to animate a sprite by changing its costumes.
  3. An event block, like the green flag, can start multiple processes simultaneously.

Keywords

  • Animate - to make something move or change its appearance

  • Algorithm - a precise sequence of steps that can be followed to do a task

  • Duplicate - to copy something exactly, such as part of a coding project

  • Evaluate - to look at something carefully and decide how well it works or how it could be improved

Common misconception

You have to make each letter start animating one after another after the green flag is pressed.

When you press the green flag (or another event block), you can make two or more sprites start animating at the same time.


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For this lesson, you will need to have an understanding of sprites in Scratch, including attributes and costumes. Costumes are alternative appearances of a sprite, which can be named, edited, created, and deleted.
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Equipment

Design sheet (attached under additional material), Scratch

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which type of loop repeats a set of instructions a specific number of times?
Infinite loop
Single-use loop
Correct answer: Count-controlled loop
Random loop
Q2.
What is an infinite loop?
Correct answer: A loop that repeats forever
A loop that ends after one step
A loop that runs twice
A loop that never starts
Q3.
What do you call the part of a program that starts code running when something specific happens?
Correct Answer: event, event block, trigger
Q4.
Put these steps in order to run a count-controlled loop:
1 - Set the number of times
2 - Start the loop
3 - Run the code inside the loop
4 - Check if the count is finished
Q5.
What information does a count-controlled loop need before it starts?
The loop's colour
Correct answer: How many times to run
The name of the program
The size of the screen
Q6.
What is the name for the visual appearance or outfit that a character can wear in a coding project?
Correct Answer: costume

Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match each keyword to its definition:
Correct Answer:Animate,To make something move or change

To make something move or change

Correct Answer:Algorithm,A precise sequence of steps

A precise sequence of steps

Correct Answer:Duplicate,To copy exactly

To copy exactly

Correct Answer:Evaluate,To decide how well something works

To decide how well something works

Q2.
In this code for the letter J, what is the purpose of the orange wait 0.5 seconds block?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: Adds a pause so that you can see the costume change
Starts the animation when the flag is clicked
Changes the sprite to the next costume in its costume list
Makes the commands run forever, until the program is stopped
Q3.
Which block can start multiple processes at the same time?
Costume block
Duplicate block
Animate block
Correct answer: Event block
Q4.
What does repetition help you do in an animation project?
Make a sprite disappear
Stop all code
Correct answer: Change a sprite’s costume to animate it
Duplicate the sprite
Q5.
How can you make all the letters in your animation project start moving at the same time?
Use a different event block for each letter
Wait for one letter to finish before starting the next
Correct answer: Start each letter’s code with the same event block
Only animate one letter at a time
Q6.
Match each statement to the correct term:
Correct Answer:Event block,Starts code for all sprites at the same time

Starts code for all sprites at the same time

Correct Answer:Loop,Repeats instructions to create movement

Repeats instructions to create movement

Correct Answer:Costume,Changes how a sprite looks

Changes how a sprite looks

Correct Answer:Simultaneous animation,All sprites begin animating together

All sprites begin animating together

Q2 Scratch is a project of the Scratch Foundation. It is available for free at https://scratch.org

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