How to Make a Story in Scratch
From Scratch
9 min1st2nd3rd4th5thTechnologyReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
A project tutorial turning a written story into an animated Scratch scene: characters take turns talking with speech-bubble blocks, backdrops change between scenes, and timing blocks pace the action.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This video turns a written story into an animated scene with talking characters.
- What block makes a character's words appear on the screen?
- Why does the order of the blocks matter for telling the story correctly?
- What story would you want to animate in Scratch?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: say block, scene, sequence.
Try it: Write three lines of dialogue for two characters, then plan which "say" block would go with each line in order.