Quirky comics: Spanish – bad day, level 1
This beginner text is about a girl who encounters a sequence of bad events while trying to get to school.
This Quirky comics video 'Spanish – bad day, 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 'Spanish – bad day, level 1', Spanish title '¡Qué mal día!' (1:44).
(Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds)
Bad Day (¡Qué mal día!), level 1
Frame 1-1
Girl with two hair buns:¡Son las seis! ¡Qué horror! Hoy es el examen de español.
It’s 6 am! How awful. Today’s my Spanish exam.
Frame 1-2
Girl with two hair buns:¿Dónde está mi mochila?
Where’s my school bag?
Frame 1-3
Girl with two hair buns: No está en la cesta.
It’s not in the basket.
Frame 1-4
Girl with two hair buns: No está en el armario
It’s not in the closet.
Frame 2-1
Girl with two hair buns: ¡Ah! ¡Aquí está!
Ah! Here it is!
Frame 2-2
Girl pouring cereal: No hay cereales.
There’s no cereal.
Frame 2-3
Girl pouring milk: No hay leche.
There’s no milk.
Frame 2-4
Girl with two hair buns and pink cat: ¡Puaj! ¡Esta tostada me da asco!
This toast is disgusting.
Frame 3-1
Fly inside orange juice: ¡Ah no! ¡Una mosca en el zumo!
Oh no! There’s a fly in my juice.
Frame 4-1
Girl with two hair buns: Bueno, estoy lista. Voy a la parada de autobús.
OK, I’m ready. I’m going to the bus stop.
Frame 4-2
Girl with two hair buns steps on dog poop: ¡Puaj! ¡Es asqueroso!
Ugh! It’s disgusting!
Frame 5-1
Red bus driving off: ¡Vaya! ¡Es asqueroso!
Wow! It’s disgusting!
Frame 5-2
Girl with 2 hair buns:¡Espérame!
Wait for me!
Frame 5-3
Girl with 2 hair buns walking: No me importa. Me voy a pie. Tengo tiempo.
I don’t mind. I’ll walk. I have time.
Frame 6-1
Girl with 2 hair buns: ¡Ah! Por fin he llegado. Todo esta muy tranquilo aquí.
Finally, I’m here. But why is it so quiet?
Frame 6-2
Girl with 2 hair buns: Perdon señor Leon, ¿sonó la campana?
Excuse me Mr Leon, has the bell rung?
Frame 6-3
Painter: Hoy es domingo.
Today is Sunday.
Frame 6-4
Girl with 2 hair buns: ¡No es posible! ¿Domingo?
It’s not possible. Sunday?
[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.