Sequence 1 - Lesson 5: Talk and move
Learning Intention
I can program a robot to talk
I can program a robot to talk
Discuss with children whether they know of any robots that are able to talk. Discuss how, what and why they talk. Can they think of ways that talking robot could be helpful to us? Explain that Picoh can be programmed to talk. Play the children example script Welcome2 to demonstrate that Picoh’s speech. This week we are going to program Picoh to talk about us. Ensure that children have speakers or headphones connected to their computers so they can hear Picoh talk.
Teacher Input 1
First, we need when green flag clicked block to start our program. Next, we need to go to the Speech palette and find say until done, followed by a wait from the Control palette.
File, Save As – talk
We can use this very simple program as a skeleton to build up a longer piece of code with speech. In task 1 we will write a paragraph of speech about ourselves. If we type our own name or the name of our school or favourite football team Picoh may not be able to say them correctly! Please don’t worry about this, Picoh’s speech is generated using a program that translates the letters into sounds, it doesn’t have your knowledge of how to pronounce words that don’t follow the rules!
File, Save As - sayname
First, we need when green flag clicked block to start our program. Next, we need to go to the Speech palette and find say until done, followed by a wait from the Control palette.
File, Save As – talk
We can use this very simple program as a skeleton to build up a longer piece of code with speech. In task 1 we will write a paragraph of speech about ourselves. If we type our own name or the name of our school or favourite football team Picoh may not be able to say them correctly! Please don’t worry about this, Picoh’s speech is generated using a program that translates the letters into sounds, it doesn’t have your knowledge of how to pronounce words that don’t follow the rules!
File, Save As - sayname
Activities
1. Can you write a program to make Picoh talk? Write a paragraph of code about yourself. E.g. my name is…….. , I am ………years old, my hobbies are ……………. etc. Keep each sentence as one line of code and remember to have a wait after each sentence.
File, Save As - allaboutme
2. Can you write a program to make Picoh talk and move? Just like Welcome2. E.g. I can move my head up and down like this. How many motors does Picoh have? (3). You need 3 parts to your code.
File, Save As - talkandmove
Top Tip - Try duplicating scripts. How? (Right click the mouse on an instruction to copy a sequence of code).
1. Can you write a program to make Picoh talk? Write a paragraph of code about yourself. E.g. my name is…….. , I am ………years old, my hobbies are ……………. etc. Keep each sentence as one line of code and remember to have a wait after each sentence.
File, Save As - allaboutme
2. Can you write a program to make Picoh talk and move? Just like Welcome2. E.g. I can move my head up and down like this. How many motors does Picoh have? (3). You need 3 parts to your code.
File, Save As - talkandmove
Top Tip - Try duplicating scripts. How? (Right click the mouse on an instruction to copy a sequence of code).
Extension
Ask children to open the program called ‘talk’ that they wrote at the start of the lesson. Try to write an additional code sequence (to accompany the speech) to make Picoh’s bottom lip move down and up while it is talking?
Ask children to open the program called ‘talk’ that they wrote at the start of the lesson. Try to write an additional code sequence (to accompany the speech) to make Picoh’s bottom lip move down and up while it is talking?
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Plenary
Look at the examples of the children's coding. Were they successful? Did they need to debug their code? How did you find today's lesson? (Thumbs up, down, middle).
Look at the examples of the children's coding. Were they successful? Did they need to debug their code? How did you find today's lesson? (Thumbs up, down, middle).
