Lesson 6-7

Events

Disclaimer: Lesson 7 is under construction, so you can extend lesson 6 with the English Language Arts Expansion as lesson 7, or move on to lesson 8.

Students will be introduced to events in this lesson, which starts off with a fun unplugged activity and ends with students building a customized Flappy Bird game using multiple event handlers in Code Studio.

English Language Arts Expansion

The lessons can be further integrated into the English Language Arts curriculum through storybooks. In this sample lesson, students read about Grace Hopper, a pioneer of computer science, and create a pyramid poem about her.

Computer Science Lesson Plan

Objectives

Computer Science Objectives

Students will

repeat commands given by an instructor
recognize actions of the teacher as signals to initiate commands
practice differentiating pre-defined actions and event-driven ones
match blocks with the appropriate event handler
create a game using event handlers
share a creative artifact with other students

Language Objectives

Students will use the language of cause and effect to describe events.

Language Frames

Lesson 6-7 Language Frames Placemat

Emerging

Events _____.

I have used _____, which made _____ happen.

Expanding

In a computer program, events _____.

Because I used _____ blocks, _____ events happened.

Bridging

While programming, events _____.

While programming, I used _____ events, in order to make _____ happen.

Lesson Plan

Lesson 6: Events

Vocabulary

event: An action that causes something to happen.

Materials

Projector
computing devices for students
Student Workbook (p. 12-14) or Handouts:
- The Big Event

Additional Resources

The Big Event slide deck
Original The Big Event lesson plan from Code Studio
The Big Event Assessment (optional)
The Big Event lesson video for teachers
The Big Event lesson video for students
Code Studio Lesson Plan: Flappy
Pair Programming video and posters to review with students
Code Your Own Flappy Game video https://youtu.be/VQ4lo6Huylc
Code Studio Course 2 Flappy link: https://studio.code.org/s/course2/stage/16/puzzle/1

Standards

Computer Science

CSTA 1B-AP-10: Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, and conditionals
CSTA 1B-AP-16: Take of varying roles, with teacher guidance, when collaborating with peers during the design, implementation, and review stages of program development.

English Language Arts

ELA SL.3.1,6: Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
ELA L.3.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
ELA L.3.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
ELA L.3.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
ELA RI.3.5: Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

English Language Development

1. Exchanging information and ideas
2. Understanding cohesion

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