Students learn basic Scratch programming by designing an avatar that represents them in 3 positive ways & completes a simple action. Taps into students' creativity while introducing programming!
I've created a manual for teachers and students, which goal is to help them to take their first steps with Scratch. The book is under CC 3.0 license and it's in Polish language.
After teaching students some basics (stage, sprites, costumes, loops, movement, ask/answer, broadcast/receive, variables), I challenged them to create their own projects.