Quirky comics: Italian – Che giornata! 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 'Che Giornata! – Level 1' (1:32)

Che giornata! – Level 1

(Duration: 1 minutes 32 seconds)

Frame 1-1

Girl with two hair buns: Sono le sei! Oggi c'e l'esame d'Italiano!

Frame 1-2

Girl with two hair buns: Dov'e' lo zaino?

Frame 1-3

Girl with two hair buns: Nel cesto? No.

Frame 1-4

Girl with two hair buns: Nell' armadio? No.

Frame 2-1

Girl with two hair buns: Ah! Eccolo! Lo zaino e' sotto il letto. Sono le sette, ora di colazione.

Frame 2-2

Girl pouring cereal: Non ci sono I cereali.

Frame 2-3

Girl pouring milk: Non c' e' il latte.

Frame 2-4

Girl with two hair buns and pink cat: C' e' il pane tostato. Buono!

Frame 3-1

Fly inside orange juice: Oh no! Una mosca nel succo!

Frame 4-1

Girl with two hair buns: Sono le otto. Vado a scuola. Ciao. (Che silenzio!)

Frame 4-2

Girl with two hair buns walking: Verbo essere: sono, sei, e', siamo, siete, sono.

Frame 4-3

Girl with two hair buns steps on dog poop: Che schifo!

Frame 5-1

Red bus driving off: Che disastro!

Frame 5-2

Girl with 2 hair buns: Ferma!

Frame 5-3

Girl with 2 hair buns walking: Uffa! E'tardi. Sono le nove.

Frame 6-1

Girl with 2 hair buns: Non c' e' nessuno.

Frame 6-2

Girl with 2 hair buns: Dove sono tutti?

Frame 6-3

Painter: E' domenica.

Frame 6-4

Girl with 2 hair buns: Domenica?

[End of transcript]


Syllabus

Please note:

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Languages K-10 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2019

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