• Read the introduction from Starting from Scratch (pages 1-8) and do all the activities in writing. Post your work in the corresponding MS Teams channel. The deadline for 12yos is Monday, 20 April, 9:30AM.
• If you are unfamiliar with terms like hardware/software/peripherals, etc — or if you just want to review these — you can do the following digital literacy lessons on typing.com. These include videos and quizzes:
  • Parts of a computer
  • What makes a computer run

Screencast 1: Catwalk

Here's my take on catwalk:

Screencast 1b: Frere Jacques

The notes for this, in case you can't read music are as follows (with their respective beat values):

.5.5.5.5

C D E C 2X

.5.5 1

E F G 2X

.25.25.25.25 .5 .5

G A G F E C 2X

.5. 5 1

C G C 2X

Additional tasks FOR Unit 1

These tasks are not listed in the Starting from Scratch textbook but I want you to do those in order to consolidate your understanding of repetition (loops).

Task1 - the Alphabet song ("Twinkle, twinkle little star"):

Create your own song that will feature repetition (use the repeat block) and set the instrument to anything you like. Alternatively, program the "Alphabet" song. The piano notes for "Alphabet Song" or "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" are as follows (a "-" indicates a rest, letters in bold have a double length, letters underlined have a half length):

C,C,G,G,A,A,G,F,F,E,E,D,D,D,D,C,

G,G,F, E,­E,D,G,G,G,F,E,E,D

C,C,G,G,A,A,G, F,F,E,E,­D,D,C

You can check out the musical notation for this song, as well.

Task 2 - the rhythm

Add a rhythmic part to Frére Jacques or your own song. Both the melody and percussions must be in sync. See Andy's example of this.

If you are unfamiliar with the theory behind rhythm, you can refresh it, for instance, here:

• Theta Music Trainer
• Music Theory Online - rhythmic variety