Make the Turtle Talk

💡 The idea

A program can show words, not only lines.

• say "Hello" puts your words in a bubble.
• The words must sit inside speech marks.
• wait 10 pauses for one second. wait 20 pauses for two.
• You can say something, draw, and then say something else.
• Words in a program are called text.

📘 Words to know

say

show words in a bubble

text

words in a program

wait

pause for a little while

👀 Watch this

The turtle greets you, waits two seconds, then draws a square.

say "Hello, I am Star the turtle."
wait 20
say "Watch this."
repeat 4 [ forward 60 right 90 ]

▶ Run it below

✍️ Your turn

1. Run it and read the bubble.
2. Change the words to your own hello.
3. Change wait 20 to wait 40 and see the longer pause.
4. Add say "Bye!" at the very end.

🎯 Challenge: Make the turtle greet you by your own name, then draw a triangle.

say "Hello Meera, let us draw."
repeat 3 [ forward 80 right 120 ]
say "Done!"