Quirky comics: French – sick, level 1
This beginner text is an entertaining text about students who feel sick at school and have to go to the nurse.
This Quirky comics video 'French – sick, level 1' supports the teaching of 'Understanding texts' outcomes in the Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus. This can be done in many ways, including:
- Students can use the provided transcripts to read the stories aloud and record themselves perform the stories as plays.
- They can summarise, sequence, extend and change the beginning or ending of the stories.
- They can write profiles of the characters and then put them in different situations.
The text can also lead to communicative 'Interacting' or 'Creating texts' tasks, such as, telling a nurse why you don’t feel well or writing an invitation to a birthday party.
Watch 'French – sick, level 1, French title 'Aie, aie, aie 1' (2:42).
(Duration: 2 minutes 42 seconds)
Frame 1-1
Girl with braids: J'ai faim, j'ai vraiment tres faim!
Frame 1-2
Boy with blond tuft: Monsieur, Gaelle est malade!
Frame 1-3
Girl with braids: J'ai mal au ventre.
Frame 1-4
Teacher: Eh bien, vas a I'infirmerie!
Frame 1-5
Boy with blond tuft: Tu as mange quoi a midi?
Frame 1-6
Girl with braids: J'ai mange beaucoup de spaghetti a la cantine. Trop de spaghetti… aie, mon ventre!
Frame 2-1
Boy with blond tuft: Madame, Gaelle est malade!
Frame 2-2
Nurse: Tu as mange trop de spaghetti a la cantine, c'est ca?
Frame 2-3
Nurse: Bon, ca va. J'ai des sparadraps.
Frame 3-1
Girl with braids: Voila! Un petit sparadrap!
Frame 3-2
Boy with blond tuft: Quoi? C'est tout? Pas de medicament?
Frame 3-3
Boy with blond tuft: Oh, les pauvres! Ils sont malades aussi?
Frame 3-4
Nurse: Non, ils sont tombes dans I'escalier. Mais ca va. Ils ont chacun un bon sparadrap.
Frame 4-1
Girl with red hair: Ca ne va pas?
Frame 4-2
Boy with blue helmet: Non, je suis tombe de mon velo. Ouille!
Frame 4-3
Girl with red hair: Tu as mal?
Frame 4-4
Boy with blue helmet: Oui, j'ai mal au pied!
Frame 4-5
Girl with red hair: Vite! A l'infirmerie!
Frame 4-6
Nurse voice over: Pas de probleme. Un bon petit sparadrap et voila!
Frame 5-1
Boy with red nose: Oh la la! J'ai froid.
Frame 5-2
Boy with red nose: Zut! J'ai un rhume.
Frame 5-3
Nurse voice over: Pas de probleme. Un bon petit sparadrap et voila!
Frame 6-1
Boy with blond tuft: Pas de medicament pour le ventre. Pas de medicament pour le rhume. Pas de pansements! Seulement un paquet de sparadraps! C'est terrible! Allons au bureau du principal!
Frame 6-2
Teacher: Bien sûr, je comprends. C'est terrible. J'appelle tout de suite!
Frame 6-3
Teacher: Allo!
Frame 7-1
[Truck arrives] Un camion arrive a l' ecole.
Frame 7-2
Nurse: Ah, enfin! Voila les sparadraps!
[End of transcript]
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.