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=Chapter 1 - Getting Started with Alice=

Before starting this book, it is important that you complete the tutorials which are part of the Alice program. When you start Alice, you will be asked if you wish to do the tutorials. It will take about an hour to do all three. You don't have to do all of them at once. But you will have an easier time understanding this book if you have done them first. The book even says so!

Program Design (pp. 4-5)
As we discussed in group, the first step in the programming process is to write a story about the program. Pages 4-5 discuss the importance of this and it is emphasized again on **__page 20__** where you are told how to chop up your story to create different objects and methods. Keep this process in mind as you go through the book.

The Chapter 1 Program
Chapter 1 walks you through the creation of a program to introduce the Alice and White Rabbit characters. You learn how to access their subparts, send messages (methods) to the objects, and change the properties of the characters. Please take the time to follow the program tutorial starting on page 11 and finishing on page 20. Then read the rest of the chapter and "play" with the new skills the book covers.

Show what you Know
Once you have read and done the activities in Chapter 1 (ending on page 28), choose one of the suggested Projects on page 29 to complete.They will reinforce the skills you learned in this chapter. include component="pageList" tag="alice1" limit="100"
 * 1) You will write your "user story" (see page 20) and then create your program.
 * Create a new page
 * Name the Page (yourID+Ch1+story_title)
 * Write the story in your new page
 * 1) Create your program using ALICE.
 * 2) You will share it at our next session so bring a flash or thumb drive to use.
 * Remember you can re-read parts of the chapter if you forget how something works!**