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.
The Quirky comics video texts support 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 texts 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' (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.