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A clump of grass has this message. Here is a tree who wakes up to make an important point.

Here is where sample messages connected to the Drama in Education Days during the fall of 2021 could go.

Learning objectives

Earth Speakr Messages can be in any language. Making them encourages collaboration, taking the perspectives of others, technical skills as well as gaining confidence in speaking. Listening to messages other children have created is also a way to build understanding. Having fun sharing what you have made is, of course, also essential.

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5. Add emotions: How would you say this if you were happy/sad/tired? (e.g. If you are speaking as a plastic cloth bag, what kind of voice fits?)

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Adrian Underhill on Teaching Difficult Sounds. This video builds on Underhill's Sound Foundations book (2005). The entire video is useful but minute four explains why "repeat after me" and abstract descriptions of pronunciation are both not useful strategies. Teaching techniques presented here can easily be used while creating an Earth Speakr message to improve pronunciation.