Y3 LF: Drawing letters in LOGO

1. j2launch – 
2. Click on Level 3 
3. Type these two instructions:

reset
setpensize 5

4. Can you draw a letter?
5. Use these commands:
   • fd 30 (or other numbers)
   • bk 30  (or other numbers)
   • lt 90
   • rt 90
   • (Diagonal letters will need rt 45 or lt 45)
6. Press play  each time to see if it works – don’t carry on until you are happy with each instruction.

7. If you finish one letter, type
   1. pu (pen up)
   2. move to a new place using fd, lt, rt…
   3. pd (pen down)
8. Try another letter

Challenges

• Change the pensize to 30
  • Could you make different letters different pensizes?
• For a letter that contains a square, use this square code
  • repeat 4 [fd 80 rt 90]
• Change the colour of each letter by putting this code before the letter code:
  • colour “blue