Week 1
Lesson 1
Sonic Run & Spin Dash
Students will animate a Sonic run cycle, peel-out, and spin dash to study the first set of 4 principles - Squash and Stretch, Pose to Pose, Timing and Motion, and Exaggeration. By adding multiple frames for three actions and using timers to decrease or increase the speed of the animation, students will be drawing convincing fluid and expressive movements.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Sonic Jump & Run to Goal
Students will have Sonic jumping over a background to study the second set of 4 principles - Anticipation, Arcs, Slow In and Out, and Follow Through. Students will create a simple 2-3 frame jump where the sprite will be moved in an arc. Objects will be placed around Sonic and moved to give the animation a sense of tracking. Sonic will then be drawn in a simple running cycle and moved past a goal post at varying speeds to see how the environment affects the look of the animation. 
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Sonic & Tails Loop Over Background
Students will animate Sonic and Tails over a moving background to study the third set of 4 principles - Staging, Secondary Action, Solid Drawing, and Appeal. Students will draw a simple background large enough to scroll and create a loop of Sonic and Tails to move around the background. Students will create depth in their animations by having backgrounds and background elements move with added foreground for a complete complex scene.