Quirky comics: Italian – Sick, level 1
This beginner text is about students who feel sick at school and have to go to the school nurse.
This Quirky comics video 'Sick, level 1 (Mal di scuola, 1)' supports the teaching of 'Understanding texts' outcomes in the Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus (2022). 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 'Sick, level 1' (2:10).
Frame 1-1
Girl with braids: Che fame!
Frame 1-2
Boy with blond tuft: Buongiorno professore, Francesca sta male.
Frame 1-3
Girl with braids: Ho mal di pancia
Frame 1-4
Teacher: Andate in infermeria
Frame 1-5
Boy with blond tuft: Andiamo in infermeria.
Frame 1-6
Girl with braids: Sto male!
Frame 2-1
Boy with blond tuft: Infermiera. Francesca sta male.
Frame 2-2
Nurse: Stai male?
Frame 2-3
Nurse: Vediamo…
Frame 3-1
Nurse: …ecco un cerotto!
Frame 3-2
Boy with blond tuft: Cosa! Un cerotto?
Frame 3-3
Boy with blond tuft: In un'altra stanza. Come stanno?
Frame 3-4
Nurse: Lei ha mal d'orecchio. Lui ha mal di testa.
Frame 4-1
Boy with blue helmet: Ahi! Che male!
Frame 4-2
Girl with red hair: Come stai Roberto?
Frame 4-3
Boy with blue helmet: Male. Ahi.
Frame 4-4
Girl with red hair: Perche'?
Frame 4-5
Boy with blue helmet: Ho il piede gonfio.
Frame 4-6
Girl with red hair: Andiamo in infermeria.
Frame 4-7
Nurse voice over: Ecco un cerotto.
Frame 5-1
Boy with red nose: Ho freddo.
Frame 5-2
Boy with red nose: Sto male.
Frame 5-3
Nurse voice over: Ecco un cerotto.
Frame 6-1
Boy with blond tuft: Ci sono solo cerotti. Non ci sono medicine. Andiamo.
Frame 6-2
Teacher: Va bene, ragazzi. Ora telefono.
Frame 6-3
Teacher: Pronto?
Frame 7-1
Truck arrives: Un camion arriva alla scuola
Frame 7-2
Nurse: Bene. Ecco i cerotti.
[End of transcript]
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from the 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.