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TRANSCRIPT

In the first frame of today’s comic we see Veronica and Archie. They are outside. They are probably in Veronica’s yard. Veronica is cooking hamburgers on the grill. Veronica is giving Archie one of the hamburgers. She is putting a hamburger on Archie’s plate.

In the second frame, we see Jughead sitting down eating his hamburger and drinking a drink. Veronica yells to Archie. She says, “Wait Archie! Come back!” Archie wonders what Veronica wants. He wonders why Veronica is yelling for him to come back

In the third frame, Veronica says that she thinks she made a mistake. She thinks she did something wrong! Now we see the joke! Veronica says that she thinks she gave Archie a charcoal briquette instead of a hamburger!! Hmmmm… how could Veronica mistake a charcoal briquette for a hamburger? She sure must have burned the hamburgers if they looked just like a charcoal briquette!

GLOSSARY

1. Grill – (noun) – A grill is a flat frame with metal bars across it that can be put over a fire, so that food can be cooked on it.
Veronica is cooking the hamburgers on the grill.
We put the food on the grill to cook.

2. Grill – (verb) – When you grill something this means that you are cooking it on a grill.
We will grill the meat for dinner.
Bobby likes to grill steaks.

3. Overcook – To cook something means to make food ready for eating by heating it. If you OVER cook something it means that you cooked it for too long. You overcooked it. Sometimes when you overcook food it burns.
Veronica overcooked the hamburgers. The hamburgers were no longer tasty. They were burned.
Veronica said that she was tired of people suggesting (or saying) that she overcooks the food.

4. Charcoal briquette – Charcoal briquettes are little blocks of charcoal used for grilling or cooking food.
Aaron put the meat on the grill when the charcoal briquettes were hot.
Veronica accidentally put a charcoal briquette on Archie’s hamburger bun instead of putting a hamburger on the bun! YUCK!

5. Mistake – A mistake is something that is done in the wrong way. When you make a mistake, you do something wrong. Something is not right or correct.
Veronica put the charcoal briquette on Archie’s plate by mistake.
The football player made a mistake when he passed the football to the wrong team.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. What season is it in the comic?
2. What does Veronica say she is tired of?
3. Veronica has probably overcooked the hamburgers. How do you know?

ANSWERS

1. It is summer. We can tell by the clothes that Veronica, Archie and Jughead are wearing. Jughead and Archie are wearing short pants or what we would just call, shorts. They are all wearing shirts with short sleeves. They are not wearing jackets. We know that it must be hot outside . Since it is hot outside it is probably summer.

2. Veronica is tired of people always saying that she burns the food she cooks.

3. We know that Veronica has overcooked the food because she cannot tell the difference between one of her hamburgers and a black charcoal briquette. She has overcooked the meat so much that it is burned and looks just like a black charcoal briquette!

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SPANISH COMIC

TRANSCRIPT

In the first frame of today’s comic we see 4 people – Mr. Lodge, Veronica, Archie and Betty. The people are in Veronica’s house. Veronica says to Mr. Lodge, “Archie’s back from vacation, daddy!” Mr. Lodge is Veronica’s daddy. Father and daddy mean the same thing. We could also say that Mr. Lodge is Veronica’s dad. Dad is the shortened form of the word daddy. Daddy, dad and father all mean the same thing.

Mr. Lodge says, “Joy”. Usually the word joy means that we are happy about something. Joy can mean that we are excited about something. Hmmmm look at Mr. Lodge’s face. Does he look happy or excited? Does he look joyful or full of joy? No, he does not look happy. He does not look excited. He does not look joyful. Mr. Lodge does not look like he is happy that Archie is back from his vacation. Mr. Lodge does not look happy that Archie has come home from his vacation.

Next, Betty asks Archie, “Did you have fun?” Betty wants to know if Archie had fun on his vacation. She wants to know if Archie had a good time on his vacation.

In the second frame, Archie is talking. He says “I have to say the old cliché is true: There’s no place like home!” A cliché is an idea or phrase that has been used so much that it does not have any meaning any longer. The cliché that Archie used was, “There’s no place like home”. “There’s no place like home” means that nothing compares to the comfort of being in your house. You feel really good when you are in your own home.

Archie has been away on vacation. He had a good time on his vacation BUT he was really happy when he got home. Archie said there is no place like his home.

In the last frame we see the joke! We see Archie, Veronica and Betty in the third frame but we do not see Mr. Lodge. Mr. Lodge is not in the picture. He is in another room of the house. Mr. Lodge calls out to Archie, “Then go there!”

Ok, I hope you ‘get’ or understand the joke! You see, Mr. Lodge doesn’t like Archie and when Archie says that there is no place like home, Mr. Lodge tells him to go there. Mr. Lodge wants Archie to go home. Mr. Lodge wants Archie to go to his own home!