Quirky comics: Spanish – bad day, level 2
This intermediate 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 2' 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 2', Spanish title '¡Qué mal día!' (1:58).
(Duration: 1 minute 58 seconds)
Bad Day (¡Qué desastre!), level 2
Frame 1-1
Girl with two hair buns: Oh, ya son las seis, ¡Qué terrible! Tengo que estar en la escuela pronto esta mañana. Tengo un examen de matemáticas.
Oh, it’s already six. That’s terrible! I have to be at school early this morning. I have a maths exam.
Frame 1-2
Girl with two hair buns: ¡Mi mochila! ¿Dónde puse mi mochila?
My schoolbag! Where did I put my school bag?
Girl with two hair buns: No está ahi.
It isn’t there.
Girl with two hair buns: Tampoco está en mi armario.
It isn’t in my wardrobe either.
Frame 2-1
Girl with two hair buns: ¡Aquí está! ¡La encontré!
Here it is! I found it!
Frame 2-2
Girl pouring cereal: ¡Oh! ¡Ya no hay cereales!
Oh, there’s no cereal left!
Frame 2-3
Girl pouring milk: ¡Tampoco hay leche!
There’s no milk either.
Frame 2-4
Girl with two hair buns: ¡Puaj! ¡Qué asquerosa, esta tostada!
Ugh. This toast is disgusting!
Frame 3-1
Girl with two hair buns and pink cat: ¡Qué horror! ¡Hay una mosca en el zumo!
Oh yuck! There’s a fly in the juice.
Frame 4-1
Girl with two hair buns walking: Bueno, es la hora de irme. No quiero perder el autobús.
OK, time to go. I don’t want to miss the bus.
Frame 4-2
Girl with two hair buns steps on dog poop: ¡Caca! ¡Qué asqueroso es! Mi zapato está todo sucio.
Poo! How disgusting! My shoe is all dirty.
Frame 5-1
Red bus driving off: Ay, ¡no! Es asqueroso. Estoy sucia. ¡Ey! Espérame!
Oh no! That’s disgusting. I am dirty. Hey, wait for me!
Frame 5-2
Girl with 2 hair buns walking: Bueno, no importa. Me voy caminando. Todavía puedo llegar a tiempo.
OK, it doesn’t matter. I’ll walk. I can still get there on time.
Frame 6-1
Girl with 2 hair buns: Por fin he llegado. ¿Por qué hay tanta tranquilidad aquí?
Finally I made it. Why is it so quiet here?
Frame 6-2
Girl with 2 hair buns: Perdón, señor Leon, ¿ya sonó la campana?
Excuse me Mr Leon, has the bell already gone?
Painter: No, no hay escuela hoy, ¡es domingo!
No, there are no classes today. It’s Sunday!
Frame 6-3
Girl with 2 hair buns: ¡Domingo! ¡Ay! ¡Que tonta soy!
Sunday! I am so silly!
[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.