Guide the students to select an animal character in Scratch Jr. and show them how to record a sound for that character.

1. Selecting an Animal: Instruct the students to open a new project and choose an animal character from the Scratch Jr. library.

2. Recording Sound:

   • Demonstrate how to select the microphone icon (green section) to record a sound.
   • Encourage the students to record the sound that matches their chosen animal, like a "meow" for a cat or a "bark" for a dog.
   • Once recorded, show them how to attach the sound to the character, so that when the green flag is pressed, it can play the recorded sound.

Once the students have practiced recording and attaching sounds to their characters, introduce the more complex challenge: creating a classroom setting where a teacher asks a question, and a student responds.

Setting the Scene:

Demonstrate how to record a question for the teacher to ask, such as "What is 2 + 2?"

Then, show how to record a response for the student character, like "The answer is 4."

At the moment, our two characters say their lines at the same time, so we need to tell our students to wait before they react!

Using the Wait Function:

• Emphasize the importance of timing in this interaction. Explain that they need to use the "wait" block to control when the student responds after the teacher asks the question.
• Demonstrate how to insert the wait block between the teacher’s question and the student’s response, allowing a brief pause to simulate a real conversation.
• Encourage them to test the timing by adjusting the wait duration to ensure the dialogue flows naturally.