Grand Finale

When is the opera grand finale happening at John D Parker?

Thanks

Hi Adam and Robbie,
We had a blast on Wed. the kids loved to perform and it was good to see what we also needed to work on, but the kids did a great job over all! Just wanted to say thank you soooooooooo much, and have a wonderful summer Robbie, Adam we'll see you for the grand finallieeeeeeeee.

Final run through

Hi Adam and Robbie,

We have been busy practising the script with the inclusion of costumes. It has been a bit tricky trying to switch costumes after each Act with minimal distraction and time. Hopefully all will go well on Wednesday. See you.

Hilda

Egyptian Performance and Lunch

Hi Adam - Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. If you could join us on June 18th for our "el grande" school performance that would be great!!!!!! We'll chat tomorrow.
Thanks Lynda

Hi to All!

Just a quick note...I am free after the 17th of June and before the 3rd, if you'd like me to come and partake in your Egyptian brunch and peformance of the operas...let me know if there's a date that works best.

I'm looking forward to our run-throughs/workshop performances tomorrow. It has all been sounding great, and I'm sure your comstumes, props, and set are at an equally high level as your music and acting!

Cheers,

Adam

Final day next week

Robbie,
Thanks for providing me with a breakdown of the day of the program.

Note to all: There certainly doesn't have to be a final performance in the 8th week as sometimes schools would like to present their final products at a later date or combine the final presentation with an arts night, a night for parents, etc. It is out of habit that I refer to it as the "final performance day", not out of expectation.

I'm very much looking forward to hearing the operas next week.

Katherine

Session #7

Great work yesterday team!

The operas are shaping up and your hard work and energy is paying off!

It has now been decided by the teachers that next week’s presentation will be a ‘workshop presentation’ with aims of a larger presentation in mid to late June.

The altered schedule for next week is:

Group one: Rehearse 9-9:40
Perform 9:40 -10:00

Group two: Rehearse 10:15-10:55
Perform 10:55-11:15

Group three: Rehearse 12:45-1:25
Perform 1:25-1:45

*I inserted a break for Adam and I. I think this still gives you enough room to eat before the music festival!

Just a reminder:
*Please try and rehearse the operas on their feet ONCE everyday.
*Please encourage the students to sing and speak towards the audience.
*Try and use some props and costume pieces this week.

Can’t wait for next week! Best, Robbie :)

Final performance

Dear all,
I have been checking in on your blog and I'd love to be able to see your hard work in practice.

Is the culminating performance still happening next Wednesday, May 20? If yes, what is the schedule for the day? Are you having rehearsals in the morning? What time is the final performance? Who has been invited to see the operas (which grades? parents?).

I'd like to block off my schedule from any meetings so that I may attend the performance.

Katherine

design day

It was quite a whirlwind on design day. The students worked to complete the costume elements but were unable to finish. We are still working on them and hope to have them finished today (as well as Mother's Day gifts!)Thanks to Andy for introducing the kids to the busy and creative world of costume design.

Regarding the script, we have staged Act III and did 2 complete run throughs of the entire script. I have given students a revised script with their names included for their parts. They have been instructed to memorize their lines for next week.

We look forward to seeing Robie and Adam on Wednesday.

Designs with Andy!

What a day......full of excitment! Our class got a lot accomplished, but we still need another day to finish the props, which will reflect the students hard work with the opera scripts.
Today, we prepared for Andy by getting together art supplies. We divided into five groups working on the shields a group of 12, Crook, map, amulets, and a oar. Students were divided into five groups. This students were engaged and were working well on designing the props. Now we need to memorized our lines for the opera and practice singing! Looking forward to next week....

Design Day!

Wow! I thought we did a lot when Robbie and Adam came but design day was quite another story. I really did not expect to complete the props in the 40 minutes we had with Andy. As a result, we still have a lot to complete. My suggestion would be that the designer comes to each class for AT LEAST a half day. But anyway, I have confidence that they will turn out great. Today, we prepared for the artist by getting together the suggested art supplies. We divided into three groups to work on the pyramid, Nile river and Rosetta Stone back drops. We hope to have them completed before next week. We are also working towards having our lines memorized and Act 3 blocked. It was interesting to hear about different designs and how they are created at the theatre level. We would have preferred to have a lot more time. The class worked very well cooperating with each other while working in their groups. Looking forward to next Wednesday!

Design Day

Congratulations to all of you for your hard work and participation in todays design workshops!

In a little under an hour all 3 classes managed to pull off nearly all of the work - thanks to the high level of cooperation from the students, the prep work and coordination of the teachers Lynda, Hilda and Archana, as well as the support from Mary!!  I know that the time goes by way too fast, and much like the prop and costume departments in the theatre it seems like chaos in the heat of it. However, the end result is that the students have an opportunity to experience the building process, to learn about design and to work together as a team.  I think that in this regard the outcome was a success!

Below is an outline (for Robbie and Adam especially) to show you what we accomplished in each of the classes, and the characters that require the particular props/costumes. 

CLASS #1 - COSTUMES 

(some characters have more then one costume piece & may also be carrying a prop).

TOOLBELTS - LONG (x8)

Egyptian Villagers

Bird Netter / Marsh Man / Traders

Nubian Army / Soldiers / Head of Army

Nubian Local

Sailor

Stone

Toolbelts - SHORT (x8)

Slaves

Grave Robbers

Pyramid Builders

EGYPTIAN COLLAR (x5) 

Nubian Leader

Scribes

Queens / Kings

Amun - Sun God

Pharoah

HEADDRESS (x4)

Queen / Kings

Amun

Pharoah

CLASS #2 - SETS

Pyramid Backdrop (still needs final touches and painting)

Nile River (to be hung up along side of or near the pyramid)

Rosetta Stone (needs Hieroglyphics cut out and glued on)

CLASS #3 - PROPS

SHIELDS (x12)

Soldiers / Army Leaders 

CROOK

Pharoah (cane)

MAP (can be subdivided into sections)

AMULETS (x6)

OAR (needs paddle stick still)

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK!  Please let me know if you have any questions before the performance in regard to design.

Andy

class schedule

Hi Andy,

The schedule for tomorrow is:
9:30 - 10:30 Ms. Bynoe-Walker (Hilda)
10:45 - 11:45 Ms. Taylor (Lynda)
12:45 - 1:45 Ms. Gor (Archana)

See you tomorrow!
Hilda

DESIGN DAY

Thanks much for your post.

I will come early tomorrow to help set-up the first class (9:00a.m.).  I'm not sure what the order of the sessions will be, but if you get this post before tomorrow - just post the order on the blog.

In terms of set-up in the classrooms.  For Taylor's class we can push all the desks off to the side so that we can work on the backdrops in the centre of the room.  We will be working on a giant pyramid, the Nile river, and the Rosetta Stone.

For Hilda and Archana's classes having all the desks grouped into 4 or 5 stations, or areas that the students can work around would work best.  

I think that's it!

See you all tomorrow.

Andy.

Andy's Visit Tomorrow

Answers to your questions - We don't have the sheets but we did manage to purchase 12 white t-shirts for $2.00 each. We are encouraging the kids to buy one. We do have some white fabric, perhaps for the king and queen. We have a cane, 6 glue guns and we will buy the glue tonight. We have some fabric swatches but if you could bring some that would be great. We have brown butcher paper, some cardboard boxes, yellow bristol board, construction paper, markers, glue, staplers, staples, paper, pencils, popsicle sticks. E3 (Taylor) will do the back drops in the class. Hilda's class will do the costume elements and Archana will do the props. We have other supplies in the classes that we could use if we need to. Will you be coming early to set up the classrooms? Is there something we can do ahead of time? We are looking forward to your visit. See you tomorrow!
Lynda

Wednesday, April 29th. and Sat. May 2nd.

Good Morning
It still amazes me how far we have come in such a short span of time. Anyway, here we go. Today we prepared for Robbie and Adam by practising our songs and trying to memorize them. In our session today, we ran through our songs and completed blocking Act 2. This week we are working on memorizing songs, lines and blocking Act 3. We are also preparing for Andy to come. I hope that we are able to gather enough materials. Our favourite part was when we were able to run through all of Act 1 and 2. The kids are really seeing the story unfold. As some kids were away on a tournament, we found it somewhat difficult but some other students filled in without too much of a problem. Wow!!!! What a great experience the opera was. The kids dressed up like I have never seen them before. Just the fact that we were downtown on a Saturday night at the Opera House was enough for them. I was a little worried when the opera began as to whether they would be able to sit quietly for 3 hours, but they did beautifully. One of the ushers commented how well behaved they were and even asked if they were gifted. I wonder why he asked that. They thought it was funny, enjoyed the set on stage and clapped and cheered loudly when it was finished. They got the overall idea of the story and I couldn't have been happier with the evening. Thanks Zoe!! We won't forget it!

Design Day Prep.

Thanks for the updates!  Just a few more questions to sort out the design day sessions.

1. Do you have all of those white sheets that you would like to use? If not, I would suggest we ask the students to wear oversized t-shirts and then we can tie rope or belt them.  But if you have the sheets GREAT!  

2. Can you find a bamboo stick or cane so that we can create the Pharaoh's flail?

3. If all of the students are sharing costumes, how would you feel, as the teachers about having me  break the classes into groups based on props / costumes / and backdrop?  I think that we can accomplish most of your design needs if I am able to focus each classroom.  So, in other words:

- one class will do all the costume elements (headresses, large colorful collars, & tool belts)

- 2nd class will do all the props (map, amulets, jewels, boats, school bus, rosetta stone)

- 3rd class will do the backdrops (pyramids, sand, nile river, tomb, chamber).

If you are comfortable dividing the work in this way, just let me know, and which class would like which job - and then I can follow-up with a more specific materials list for each of your classrooms.

Thanks so much with your help preparing!

Andy Miller

Wed. designs time

Hi Andy,
We have pretty much everything on that list. What we have in mind was customes that our characters will be wearing for the opera. All three classes will be able to use them. This is what we have discussed:
lots of white sheets (long and short lenghts), flail for the pharaoh, headress, large colourful collar,tool belt, map, amulets, flashlight, oar, bird, long papyrus reeds, spears, sheild, burlap bags, jewels, boat and school bus made out of cardboard, and a Rosetta stone.

A common back drop that all of our classes can use is going to consist of pyramids, sand, nile river, a tomb and chamber.

Hope this helps to prepare for Wednesday. Thank you!

Lynda, Hilda & Archana

DESIGN DAY

Hello All,

I have been having a lot of fun reading entries and keeping up with your synopses as they unfold on the blog!  As you know I will be joining you on Wednesday May 6, where we will build on your opera's and develop the characters through the use of design.  Likely we will have each participant working on a costume element and may have time to also incorporate some key props as well as a set piece.  Just a few notes and questions in advance:

1. Please see below for the list of required materials.  Let me know by Monday p.m. if there is anything in this list that your classes are not able to pull-together.  I'm happy to bring whatever you don't have.

2. Wondering as well if our sessions will be in each individual class or in a common space, such as they gym?  If I am moving from class to class it would be great if the materials could be set-up at a table in each classroom in advance.

3. I would love to hear if there are any ideas out there with regard to design and how you visualize your costumes, sets and props!  Also wondering if anyone has done any research on common symbols from this time period?  I will bring lots of images in, but if some work has been done on this already the students can bring that in as well (on paper or in their heads).

Looking forward to Wednesday!  See you all soon.

Andy

MATERIALS LIST

Roll of brown paper

fabric swatches (any color, style, or size will do)

hot glue gun

hot glue sticks

cardboard (box board is fine)

white glue (popsicle sticks, and glue containers too)

staplers (lots is always good)

staples

scissors (again lots is great!)

construction paper (mix of colors - extra yellow)

bristol board (mix of colors - extra yellow)

paper and pencils

markers

Andy Miller graduated with honors from the Industrial Design Degree Program at Humber College. She also holds a BA in Sociology & Social Anthropology from Dalhousie University. To combine her skills Andy works as an independent designer focusing on education and guiding others to generate creative ideas. Awarded 1st place in the 2006 Rocket Show in her category for Playground Design, Andy went on to Coordinate and run the Rocket Show design competition the following year.

Her career has taken her from NYC, Pollen Design Studio, to The Toronto Island, Shadowland Theatre to northern Ontario where she worked as part of the Fall Festival of Learning. She has created and facilitated product design, puppet building, collaborative design, stage make up, set design to name but a few. Andy's product and graphic work includes designing for Yotrio International LLC, Safety Frameworks Company, Simple Ergonomics, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Canada, and TOFI Toronto Office Furniture Inc.

Andy's work for The Canadian Opera Company includes instructing design workshops for the After School Opera Program, Create-An-Opera Program, as well as the Summer Opera Camp.

Week 5!

Hey Friends!

Great work this week. I just wanted to review the goals for the next two weeks.
*Finish blocking for Act 3.
*Memorize the songs and script. Please try and run the blocking a few times.
*Post any ideas in terms of costume pieces and props for our fantastic designer on the blog.
*Remember to have the students practice with their faces looking out towards the audience.
*Encourage them to speak clearly and loudly.

You are amazing. Can’t what till next time!

Robbie :)

schedule conflict taken care of

Hi Robbie and Adam,

The principal has rearranged the visit by the middle school's vice principal to Thursday, so we are fine for our 9:30-10:30 time.See you then.

Hilda

conflict in scheduling April 29

Hi Robbie and Adam,

On April 29 the Grade 5s will be having a presentation in the library from their feeder middle school from 9:30 - 10:30, which will conflict with my class' time with you. I had left a message for Zoe last week but I haven't heard from her. Is it possible to do some juggling around on that date? We have Gym from 9:00-9:30. Maybe we could use the Gym space and maybe use the 1/2 hour time after Ms. Gor's class as well. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Hilda

Mrs. Taylor's Opera - The Whole Thing

Opera - E3 (Mrs. Taylor’s Grade 5 class)

Setting: Ancient Egypt
Year: 2435 B.C.

Characters:

Howard Carter Jr. - Grade 5 student
Vanessa - Grade 5 student
Valerie - Grade 5 student
Peter - Grade 5 student
James - Grade 5 student
King Tutankhamen
Queen Hatshepsut
Egyptian Villagers
Pyramid Builders
A Scribe
A Marsh man
A Sailor
A Bird netter
Grave Robbers
Mrs. Taylor - Grade 5 teacher
Grade 5 students

Act 1

Scene 1:

This scene takes place outside a pyramid, next to the Nile River


Music #1 (Teacher sings)

Please class, we’re almost there
I think that I’ll pull out my hair!
We’ll look at dino bones
And the famous Rosetta Stone.
Squiggles and symbols are a mystery to us
Oh my goodness, let’s get off the bus!
Round the corner, past the bats
Mummies, coffins, scrolls and cats.
In the museum,
hope we see ’um!

Student 1: I love the ROM! I’m so excited I think that I’ll scream!

Student 2: Finally, we’re off the bus! (exasperated)

Student 3: I can see gold statues and dead people.

Student 4: Well, I can see something even better, the Rosetta Stone!

Howard Carter Jr.: Come on guys, let’s go read the hieroglyphics. (excited)

James: I think it says, “Only the Great must pass, but can you live to last?”

Peter: I don’t think that’s right. (worried)

Vanessa and Valerie: Uh oh, What’s happening? Maybe it’s something bad…Ahhhhhhhh (speaking and then screaming in unison)

Howard Carter, James, Peter, Vanessa and Valerie disappear into a cloud of smoke and reappear in Ancient Egypt, the year 2435 B.C.

Music #2 (sung by Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie)

Oh my goodness, where are we going?
There is no way of knowing.
What year is it?
Maybe the time of hieroglyphics.
Oh my goodness, what a flood!
Run, Run, Mounds of mud!
Into the pyramid, we must hide.
Chambers, tunnels deep inside.
I see something up ahead.
Is it spirits of the dead?

Pyramid Builder 1: Run for your lives!

Pyramid Builder 2: We’re all going to die!

Pyramid Builder 3: The flood waters are rising fast and getting really close to us! (afraid and worried)

Pyramid Builder 4: Wait for me!!

Pyramid Builder 5: If you don’t hurry up, we’re going to leave you behind.

Pyramid Builder 4: You know, that might not be half bad. I can’t believe how hot it gets in the desert.

Pyramid Builder 5: Whatever! Let’s get out of here. Head for the pyramid, we’ll be safe in there.

Pyramid Builder 1: I want my mummy!!

Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie reappear next to the pyramid builders, in time to see a wave of water heading for them. They run with the builders into the pyramid.

Act 2

The children stop, just inside the entrance to the pyramid. They are greeted by King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut.

Howard Carter Jr: I’ve seen those people before. In books, back in our classroom. (whispers)

James: Yeah! Me Too!

Vanessa and Valerie: They are King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut! Jinx!. They‘ve been dead for thousands of years. Maybe it‘s their spirits. (loudly in unison)

Peter: Hey! Didn’t we see them at the ROM?

Queen Hatshepsut: SILENCE!! (loudly, with authority)

King Tut: STEP FORWARD, IMMEDIATELY!! (loudly, with authority)

Queen Hatshepsut: Do as he says. He is the King of Egypt. (with a jealous attitude)

King Tut: I’ve cursed generation after generation of your family! Did I ever come to your home and steal your family jewels and treasures? NO! But your great, great grandfather, Howard Carter stole mine!

Music #3

You took my jewels
You rotten fools
Bring back my treasure
Or you’ll stay forever
Find the secret maps
Before you’re trapped
Bring back my sacred charms
And you will not be harmed
If you want to return in time
Back to the year, 2009.

Queen Hatshepsut: You must find the 6 amulets, if your are to return to the year 2009 and for us to reach the afterlife.

Peter: Will it be difficult?

Vanessa and Valerie: Our adventure won’t be hard but we’ll make yours difficult. (in unison and with a snotty attitude)

Queen Hatshepsut: This will lead you to the rest of the amulets. (hands them a piece of the map)

Music #4

A long time ago
We really didn’t know
About this horrible curse
Can things get even worse?
If Carter did the crime
Must we do the time?
What are we supposed to do?
Off we go to follow through
We must return the charms and gold
If we’re to get home ‘fore we’re old.


Vanessa and Valerie: (they look at the map and the amulet) We WON’T go through dirty, dark tunnels. Like, that is so 2000 BC. (with attitude)

Queen Hatshepsut: Go now on this quest! (loud, impatiently)

Vanessa and Valerie: But there are insects and who knows what else is in there.

Queen Hatshepsut: WE DON’T CARE!!!!! STOP YOUR WINING !!!(really angry)

James: Do as she says or she just might CURSE US ALL!! (nervously)

Peter: I think that I stepped on a spider!

Vanessa and Valerie: Us too, EWWWWW!!

Peter: We’re here! (excited, but nervous)

James: I see a big tunnel with a door at the end.

Peter: Open it! (loud and excited) This must have been King Tut’s tomb.

Vanessa: Whoa!!!!!

Valerie: Like, totally whoa!!!!!

Peter: Hey!! There’s the amulet and there is a map with it. (excited and relieved)

All of the Kids: Next stop, The Valley of the Kings!!!

Vanessa and Valerie: Now we can really be “Valley Girls”!!

Students have travelled to the Valley of the Kings

Howard Carter Jr.: Wow! These cliffs are so hard to climb! (exhausted)

James: Hey! Look in there. I see a body wrapped in old linens. (anxiously)

Peter: Look, there is one amulet beside the mummy. I guess the grave robbers missed that one.

Vanessa and Valerie: Good thing for us! (in unison)

Howard Carter Jr.: This map piece tells us our next destination, The Temple of Dendera.

Students travel from the Valley of the Kings to the Temple of Dendera

The Scribe: Who dares to enter the Temple? I am the King’s scribe and I record the King’s days events.

James: Wow!! A real live scribe. (surprised)

Vanessa and Valerie: Why is there only boy scribes? (curious)

The Scribe: Girls are always working in the house, learning from their mother.

Vanessa and Valerie: That’s unfair! In Canada, we have a Constitution that allows girls to have the same rights as boys. Hooray for Equality Rights!! (snotty and disgusted)

Howard Carter Jr.: Did you see that statue? That’s the Goddess of Hothur. She is the Goddess of Beauty.

Peter: That amulet hanging around her neck makes her really beautiful. Let’s grab it and get going!! (anxious to get out of there)

Vanessa and Valerie: Give us the map. Follow us guys, the map is guiding us to the Nile River, the longest river in the world.

Students travel to the Nile where they are met by a marsh man cutting the reeds from the banks of the river.


James: Why are you standing by the Nile River?

The Marsh Man: I am cutting the reeds to make boats, ropes, mats and paper.

Peter: Can we use your boat to sail down the Nile?

The Marsh Man: Yes, you may. My friend, the sailor will guide you.

Peter: Thank you, we will be eternally grateful.

Sailor: Be careful boys and girls. The crocodiles and hippo’s can be very dangerous. They would enjoy snacking on you fine children.

Vanessa and Valerie: Hey, what’s that attached to the oar?

James: Isn’t that another piece of the map and an amulet?

Peter: Yeah! Let’s get it before the crocodiles do. (excited)

Howard Carter Jr. sees a crocodile and almost falls into the river trying to get the amulet. At the last second, James grabs him. After seeing that Howard and the amulet are safe, the kids cheer! (loud)

Vanessa and Valerie: Pull over there! The clue tells us to see the bird netter. There he is!

Howard Carter Jr.: What do you do with that net, fine sir?

Bird netter: I catch birds with my net. I take them to the village market where I can barter for other things I need. That is the way of Egyptian life.

James: I see that you have an amulet and map attached to your net. Could we please have it?

Before the bird netter can answer, a bird swoops down and grabs the amulet. The students chase the bird and finally retrieve the amulet when the bird crashes into a tree and drops the amulet. The students give the bird to the bird netter as a way of saying thank you.

Bird Netter: Thanks for the bird!! I bestow my best wishes on you. Good luck on your quest! (grateful)

Act 3

Music # 5 - (sung by grave robbers)

Let’s open up the coffin
Let’s see what’s inside
We’ll find good treasures
And precious golden eyes
We take our big bags
And fill them with things
We leave Tut’s tomb
With diamonds and rings
There’s somebody coming
We don’t know who
We turn ‘round to look
But we don’t have a clue!

Peter: Who are those men running up the street with those gold statues?

James: They are the grave robbers that steal from the tombs of the pharaohs. They helped get us into this mess in the first place.

Howard Carter Jr.: I think that they have the amulet that we need.

Vanessa and Valerie: Let’s go, Get them! (loud)

Peter: Wait, I’ve hurt my foot. I must have stepped on something sharp. (whimpering)

James: I think you stepped on the amulet. The grave robbers must have dropped it.

Vanessa and Valerie: Our luck is beginning to change already!! (excitedly)

The students walk into the pyramid where the spirits await them.

Howard Carter Jr.: Now, if we could just put the puzzle pieces together to reveal our final message. (anxiously)

King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut: Thank you boys and girls for helping us. We have waited for this moment for thousands of years.

Music #6 (King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut)

Thank you for the sacred charms
It will keep you out of harm
Howard Carter’s curse is lifted
For this you have been gifted
Now return back to the ROM
Where Mrs. Taylor has waited long
Tell the history of the past
Then this journey will end at last.


As the students put the final puzzle piece into place, a message appears.

All students read the message in unison: Now leave the amulets here alone and go back to the time of your own.

The students reappear at the Rom to find a frantic Mrs. Taylor.

Howard Carter Jr.: Do you feel that?

Vanessa and Valerie: What, Howard? (snotty, impatiently)

Howard Carter Jr.: I feel a huge sense of relief. I think the Carter Curse has been lifted. We did it guys, we really did it!!! (excited)

Mrs. Taylor: Where have you been? I have been worried sick about you!! (mad, but relieved they have returned). What are you talking about? What did you do?

The children reread, like they have been told so many times before, the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone, but this time correctly. In unison, they chant, “We are finally back at last, so we can tell the story of the past.”

All the students begin to tell of the adventures, all calling out at once.

Mrs. Taylor: Please children, one at a time!! (pulling her hair out)

The rest of the students stand with their mouths hanging open, in disbelief.

Student 1: Oh my gosh!

Student 2: Woah, so cool dude!

Student 3: I’m so jealous, I wish I had gone!

Student 4: I’m glad that your family is now free of that horrible curse, Howard.

Howard Carter Jr.: Thanks!! You know what? I think that when I grow up I will study to become a famous Egyptologist and tell the world about the unexplained mysteries of Ancient Egypt.

All Students in Unison: And he did!!

Mrs. Taylor: This has been quite a day, boys and girls. Let’s get back on the bus and go home.

As the students leave the stage, they whine and complain that they want to stay longer and learn more about Ancient Egypt. Mrs. Taylor continues to pull her hair out!


The End !!!!

Mrs. Taylor's Opera - The Whole Thing

Opera - E3 (Mrs. Taylor’s Grade 5 class)
Setting: Ancient Egypt
Year: 2435 B.C.
Characters:
Howard Carter Jr. - Grade 5 student
Vanessa - Grade 5 student
Valerie - Grade 5 student
Peter - Grade 5 student
James - Grade 5 student
King Tutankhamen
Queen Hatshepsut
Egyptian Villagers
Pyramid Builders
A Scribe
A Marsh man
A Sailor
A Bird netter
Grave Robbers
Mrs. Taylor - Grade 5 teacher
Grade 5 students
Act 1
Scene 1:
This scene takes place outside a pyramid, next to the Nile River

Music #1 (Teacher sings)
Please class, we’re almost there
I think that I’ll pull out my hair!
We’ll look at dino bones
And the famous Rosetta Stone.
Squiggles and symbols are a mystery to us
Oh my goodness, let’s get off the bus!
Round the corner, past the bats
Mummies, coffins, scrolls and cats.
In the museum,
hope we see ’um!
Student 1: I love the ROM! I’m so excited I think that I’ll scream!
Student 2: Finally, we’re off the bus! (exasperated)
Student 3: I can see gold statues and dead people.
Student 4: Well, I can see something even better, the Rosetta Stone!
Howard Carter Jr.: Come on guys, let’s go read the hieroglyphics. (excited)
James: I think it says, “Only the Great must pass, but can you live to last?”
Peter: I don’t think that’s right. (worried)
Vanessa and Valerie: Uh oh, What’s happening? Maybe it’s something bad…Ahhhhhhhh (speaking and then screaming in unison)
Howard Carter, James, Peter, Vanessa and Valerie disappear into a cloud of smoke and reappear in Ancient Egypt, the year 2435 B.C.
Music #2 (sung by Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie)
Oh my goodness, where are we going?
There is no way of knowing.
What year is it?
Maybe the time of hieroglyphics.
Oh my goodness, what a flood!
Run, Run, Mounds of mud!
Into the pyramid, we must hide.
Chambers, tunnels deep inside.
I see something up ahead.
Is it spirits of the dead?
Pyramid Builder 1: Run for your lives!
Pyramid Builder 2: We’re all going to die!
Pyramid Builder 3: The flood waters are rising fast and getting really close to us! (afraid and worried)
Pyramid Builder 4: Wait for me!!
Pyramid Builder 5: If you don’t hurry up, we’re going to leave you behind.
Pyramid Builder 4: You know, that might not be half bad. I can’t believe how hot it gets in the desert.
Pyramid Builder 5: Whatever! Let’s get out of here. Head for the pyramid, we’ll be safe in there.
Pyramid Builder 1: I want my mummy!!
Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie reappear next to the pyramid builders, in time to see a wave of water heading for them. They run with the builders into the pyramid.
Act 2
The children stop, just inside the entrance to the pyramid. They are greeted by King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut.
Howard Carter Jr: I’ve seen those people before. In books, back in our classroom. (whispers)
James: Yeah! Me Too!
Vanessa and Valerie: They are King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut! Jinx!. They‘ve been dead for thousands of years. Maybe it‘s their spirits. (loudly in unison)
Peter: Hey! Didn’t we see them at the ROM?
Queen Hatshepsut: SILENCE!! (loudly, with authority)
King Tut: STEP FORWARD, IMMEDIATELY!! (loudly, with authority)
Queen Hatshepsut: Do as he says. He is the King of Egypt. (with a jealous attitude)
King Tut: I’ve cursed generation after generation of your family! Did I ever come to your home and steal your family jewels and treasures? NO! But your great, great grandfather, Howard Carter stole mine!
Music #3
You took my jewels
You rotten fools
Bring back my treasure
Or you’ll stay forever
Find the secret maps
Before you’re trapped
Bring back my sacred charms
And you will not be harmed
If you want to return in time
Back to the year, 2009.
Queen Hatshepsut: You must find the 6 amulets, if your are to return to the year 2009 and for us to reach the afterlife.
Peter: Will it be difficult?
Vanessa and Valerie: Our adventure won’t be hard but we’ll make yours difficult. (in unison and with a snotty attitude)
Queen Hatshepsut: This will lead you to the rest of the amulets. (hands them a piece of the map)
Music #4
A long time ago
We really didn’t know
About this horrible curse
Can things get even worse?
If Carter did the crime
Must we do the time?
What are we supposed to do?
Off we go to follow through
We must return the charms and gold
If we’re to get home ‘fore we’re old.

Vanessa and Valerie: (they look at the map and the amulet) We WON’T go through dirty, dark tunnels. Like, that is so 2000 BC. (with attitude)
Queen Hatshepsut: Go now on this quest! (loud, impatiently)
Vanessa and Valerie: But there are insects and who knows what else is in there.
Queen Hatshepsut: WE DON’T CARE!!!!! STOP YOUR WINING !!!(really angry)
James: Do as she says or she just might CURSE US ALL!! (nervously)
Peter: I think that I stepped on a spider!
Vanessa and Valerie: Us too, EWWWWW!!
Peter: We’re here! (excited, but nervous)
James: I see a big tunnel with a door at the end.
Peter: Open it! (loud and excited) This must have been King Tut’s tomb.
Vanessa: Whoa!!!!!
Valerie: Like, totally whoa!!!!!
Peter: Hey!! There’s the amulet and there is a map with it. (excited and relieved)
All of the Kids: Next stop, The Valley of the Kings!!!
Vanessa and Valerie: Now we can really be “Valley Girls”!!
Students have travelled to the Valley of the Kings
Howard Carter Jr.: Wow! These cliffs are so hard to climb! (exhausted)
James: Hey! Look in there. I see a body wrapped in old linens. (anxiously)
Peter: Look, there is one amulet beside the mummy. I guess the grave robbers missed that one.
Vanessa and Valerie: Good thing for us! (in unison)
Howard Carter Jr.: This map piece tells us our next destination, The Temple of Dendera.
Students travel from the Valley of the Kings to the Temple of Dendera
The Scribe: Who dares to enter the Temple? I am the King’s scribe and I record the King’s days events.
James: Wow!! A real live scribe. (surprised)
Vanessa and Valerie: Why is there only boy scribes? (curious)
The Scribe: Girls are always working in the house, learning from their mother.
Vanessa and Valerie: That’s unfair! In Canada, we have a Constitution that allows girls to have the same rights as boys. Hooray for Equality Rights!! (snotty and disgusted)
Howard Carter Jr.: Did you see that statue? That’s the Goddess of Hothur. She is the Goddess of Beauty.
Peter: That amulet hanging around her neck makes her really beautiful. Let’s grab it and get going!! (anxious to get out of there)
Vanessa and Valerie: Give us the map. Follow us guys, the map is guiding us to the Nile River, the longest river in the world.
Students travel to the Nile where they are met by a marsh man cutting the reeds from the banks of the river.

James: Why are you standing by the Nile River?
The Marsh Man: I am cutting the reeds to make boats, ropes, mats and paper.
Peter: Can we use your boat to sail down the Nile?
The Marsh Man: Yes, you may. My friend, the sailor will guide you.
Peter: Thank you, we will be eternally grateful.
Sailor: Be careful boys and girls. The crocodiles and hippo’s can be very dangerous. They would enjoy snacking on you fine children.
Vanessa and Valerie: Hey, what’s that attached to the oar?
James: Isn’t that another piece of the map and an amulet?
Peter: Yeah! Let’s get it before the crocodiles do. (excited)
Howard Carter Jr. sees a crocodile and almost falls into the river trying to get the amulet. At the last second, James grabs him. After seeing that Howard and the amulet are safe, the kids cheer! (loud)
Vanessa and Valerie: Pull over there! The clue tells us to see the bird netter. There he is!
Howard Carter Jr.: What do you do with that net, fine sir?
Bird netter: I catch birds with my net. I take them to the village market where I can barter for other things I need. That is the way of Egyptian life.
James: I see that you have an amulet and map attached to your net. Could we please have it?
Before the bird netter can answer, a bird swoops down and grabs the amulet. The students chase the bird and finally retrieve the amulet when the bird crashes into a tree and drops the amulet. The students give the bird to the bird netter as a way of saying thank you.
Bird Netter: Thanks for the bird!! I bestow my best wishes on you. Good luck on your quest! (grateful)
Act 3
Music # 5 - (sung by grave robbers)
Let’s open up the coffin
Let’s see what’s inside
We’ll find good treasures
And precious golden eyes
We take our big bags
And fill them with things
We leave Tut’s tomb
With diamonds and rings
There’s somebody coming
We don’t know who
We turn ‘round to look
But we don’t have a clue!
Peter: Who are those men running up the street with those gold statues?
James: They are the grave robbers that steal from the tombs of the pharaohs. They helped get us into this mess in the first place.
Howard Carter Jr.: I think that they have the amulet that we need.
Vanessa and Valerie: Let’s go, Get them! (loud)
Peter: Wait, I’ve hurt my foot. I must have stepped on something sharp. (whimpering)
James: I think you stepped on the amulet. The grave robbers must have dropped it.
Vanessa and Valerie: Our luck is beginning to change already!! (excitedly)
The students walk into the pyramid where the spirits await them.
Howard Carter Jr.: Now, if we could just put the puzzle pieces together to reveal our final message. (anxiously)
King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut: Thank you boys and girls for helping us. We have waited for this moment for thousands of years.
Music #6 (King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut)
Thank you for the sacred charms
It will keep you out of harm
Howard Carter’s curse is lifted
For this you have been gifted
Now return back to the ROM
Where Mrs. Taylor has waited long
Tell the history of the past
Then this journey will end at last.

As the students put the final puzzle piece into place, a message appears.
All students read the message in unison: Now leave the amulets here alone and go back to the time of your own.
The students reappear at the Rom to find a frantic Mrs. Taylor.
Howard Carter Jr.: Do you feel that?
Vanessa and Valerie: What, Howard? (snotty, impatiently)
Howard Carter Jr.: I feel a huge sense of relief. I think the Carter Curse has been lifted. We did it guys, we really did it!!! (excited)
Mrs. Taylor: Where have you been? I have been worried sick about you!! (mad, but relieved they have returned). What are you talking about? What did you do?
The children reread, like they have been told so many times before, the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone, but this time correctly. In unison, they chant, “We are finally back at last, so we can tell the story of the past.”
All the students begin to tell of the adventures, all calling out at once.
Mrs. Taylor: Please children, one at a time!! (pulling her hair out)
The rest of the students stand with their mouths hanging open, in disbelief.
Student 1: Oh my gosh!
Student 2: Woah, so cool dude!
Student 3: I’m so jealous, I wish I had gone!
Student 4: I’m glad that your family is now free of that horrible curse, Howard.
Howard Carter Jr.: Thanks!! You know what? I think that when I grow up I will study to become a famous Egyptologist and tell the world about the unexplained mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
All Students in Unison: And he did!!
Mrs. Taylor: This has been quite a day, boys and girls. Let’s get back on the bus and go home.
As the students leave the stage, they whine and complain that they want to stay longer and learn more about Ancient Egypt. Mrs. Taylor continues to pull her hair out!

The End !!!!

Mrs. Taylor's Opera - The Whole Thing

Opera - E3 (Mrs. Taylor’s Grade 5 class)
Setting: Ancient Egypt
Year: 2435 B.C.
Characters:
Howard Carter Jr. - Grade 5 student
Vanessa - Grade 5 student
Valerie - Grade 5 student
Peter - Grade 5 student
James - Grade 5 student
King Tutankhamen
Queen Hatshepsut
Egyptian Villagers
Pyramid Builders
A Scribe
A Marsh man
A Sailor
A Bird netter
Grave Robbers
Mrs. Taylor - Grade 5 teacher
Grade 5 students
Act 1
Scene 1:
This scene takes place outside a pyramid, next to the Nile River

Music #1 (Teacher sings)
Please class, we’re almost there
I think that I’ll pull out my hair!
We’ll look at dino bones
And the famous Rosetta Stone.
Squiggles and symbols are a mystery to us
Oh my goodness, let’s get off the bus!
Round the corner, past the bats
Mummies, coffins, scrolls and cats.
In the museum,
hope we see ’um!
Student 1: I love the ROM! I’m so excited I think that I’ll scream!
Student 2: Finally, we’re off the bus! (exasperated)
Student 3: I can see gold statues and dead people.
Student 4: Well, I can see something even better, the Rosetta Stone!
Howard Carter Jr.: Come on guys, let’s go read the hieroglyphics. (excited)
James: I think it says, “Only the Great must pass, but can you live to last?”
Peter: I don’t think that’s right. (worried)
Vanessa and Valerie: Uh oh, What’s happening? Maybe it’s something bad…Ahhhhhhhh (speaking and then screaming in unison)
Howard Carter, James, Peter, Vanessa and Valerie disappear into a cloud of smoke and reappear in Ancient Egypt, the year 2435 B.C.
Music #2 (sung by Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie)
Oh my goodness, where are we going?
There is no way of knowing.
What year is it?
Maybe the time of hieroglyphics.
Oh my goodness, what a flood!
Run, Run, Mounds of mud!
Into the pyramid, we must hide.
Chambers, tunnels deep inside.
I see something up ahead.
Is it spirits of the dead?
Pyramid Builder 1: Run for your lives!
Pyramid Builder 2: We’re all going to die!
Pyramid Builder 3: The flood waters are rising fast and getting really close to us! (afraid and worried)
Pyramid Builder 4: Wait for me!!
Pyramid Builder 5: If you don’t hurry up, we’re going to leave you behind.
Pyramid Builder 4: You know, that might not be half bad. I can’t believe how hot it gets in the desert.
Pyramid Builder 5: Whatever! Let’s get out of here. Head for the pyramid, we’ll be safe in there.
Pyramid Builder 1: I want my mummy!!
Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie reappear next to the pyramid builders, in time to see a wave of water heading for them. They run with the builders into the pyramid.
Act 2
The children stop, just inside the entrance to the pyramid. They are greeted by King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut.
Howard Carter Jr: I’ve seen those people before. In books, back in our classroom. (whispers)
James: Yeah! Me Too!
Vanessa and Valerie: They are King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut! Jinx!. They‘ve been dead for thousands of years. Maybe it‘s their spirits. (loudly in unison)
Peter: Hey! Didn’t we see them at the ROM?
Queen Hatshepsut: SILENCE!! (loudly, with authority)
King Tut: STEP FORWARD, IMMEDIATELY!! (loudly, with authority)
Queen Hatshepsut: Do as he says. He is the King of Egypt. (with a jealous attitude)
King Tut: I’ve cursed generation after generation of your family! Did I ever come to your home and steal your family jewels and treasures? NO! But your great, great grandfather, Howard Carter stole mine!
Music #3
You took my jewels
You rotten fools
Bring back my treasure
Or you’ll stay forever
Find the secret maps
Before you’re trapped
Bring back my sacred charms
And you will not be harmed
If you want to return in time
Back to the year, 2009.
Queen Hatshepsut: You must find the 6 amulets, if your are to return to the year 2009 and for us to reach the afterlife.
Peter: Will it be difficult?
Vanessa and Valerie: Our adventure won’t be hard but we’ll make yours difficult. (in unison and with a snotty attitude)
Queen Hatshepsut: This will lead you to the rest of the amulets. (hands them a piece of the map)
Music #4
A long time ago
We really didn’t know
About this horrible curse
Can things get even worse?
If Carter did the crime
Must we do the time?
What are we supposed to do?
Off we go to follow through
We must return the charms and gold
If we’re to get home ‘fore we’re old.

Vanessa and Valerie: (they look at the map and the amulet) We WON’T go through dirty, dark tunnels. Like, that is so 2000 BC. (with attitude)
Queen Hatshepsut: Go now on this quest! (loud, impatiently)
Vanessa and Valerie: But there are insects and who knows what else is in there.
Queen Hatshepsut: WE DON’T CARE!!!!! STOP YOUR WINING !!!(really angry)
James: Do as she says or she just might CURSE US ALL!! (nervously)
Peter: I think that I stepped on a spider!
Vanessa and Valerie: Us too, EWWWWW!!
Peter: We’re here! (excited, but nervous)
James: I see a big tunnel with a door at the end.
Peter: Open it! (loud and excited) This must have been King Tut’s tomb.
Vanessa: Whoa!!!!!
Valerie: Like, totally whoa!!!!!
Peter: Hey!! There’s the amulet and there is a map with it. (excited and relieved)
All of the Kids: Next stop, The Valley of the Kings!!!
Vanessa and Valerie: Now we can really be “Valley Girls”!!
Students have travelled to the Valley of the Kings
Howard Carter Jr.: Wow! These cliffs are so hard to climb! (exhausted)
James: Hey! Look in there. I see a body wrapped in old linens. (anxiously)
Peter: Look, there is one amulet beside the mummy. I guess the grave robbers missed that one.
Vanessa and Valerie: Good thing for us! (in unison)
Howard Carter Jr.: This map piece tells us our next destination, The Temple of Dendera.
Students travel from the Valley of the Kings to the Temple of Dendera
The Scribe: Who dares to enter the Temple? I am the King’s scribe and I record the King’s days events.
James: Wow!! A real live scribe. (surprised)
Vanessa and Valerie: Why is there only boy scribes? (curious)
The Scribe: Girls are always working in the house, learning from their mother.
Vanessa and Valerie: That’s unfair! In Canada, we have a Constitution that allows girls to have the same rights as boys. Hooray for Equality Rights!! (snotty and disgusted)
Howard Carter Jr.: Did you see that statue? That’s the Goddess of Hothur. She is the Goddess of Beauty.
Peter: That amulet hanging around her neck makes her really beautiful. Let’s grab it and get going!! (anxious to get out of there)
Vanessa and Valerie: Give us the map. Follow us guys, the map is guiding us to the Nile River, the longest river in the world.
Students travel to the Nile where they are met by a marsh man cutting the reeds from the banks of the river.

James: Why are you standing by the Nile River?
The Marsh Man: I am cutting the reeds to make boats, ropes, mats and paper.
Peter: Can we use your boat to sail down the Nile?
The Marsh Man: Yes, you may. My friend, the sailor will guide you.
Peter: Thank you, we will be eternally grateful.
Sailor: Be careful boys and girls. The crocodiles and hippo’s can be very dangerous. They would enjoy snacking on you fine children.
Vanessa and Valerie: Hey, what’s that attached to the oar?
James: Isn’t that another piece of the map and an amulet?
Peter: Yeah! Let’s get it before the crocodiles do. (excited)
Howard Carter Jr. sees a crocodile and almost falls into the river trying to get the amulet. At the last second, James grabs him. After seeing that Howard and the amulet are safe, the kids cheer! (loud)
Vanessa and Valerie: Pull over there! The clue tells us to see the bird netter. There he is!
Howard Carter Jr.: What do you do with that net, fine sir?
Bird netter: I catch birds with my net. I take them to the village market where I can barter for other things I need. That is the way of Egyptian life.
James: I see that you have an amulet and map attached to your net. Could we please have it?
Before the bird netter can answer, a bird swoops down and grabs the amulet. The students chase the bird and finally retrieve the amulet when the bird crashes into a tree and drops the amulet. The students give the bird to the bird netter as a way of saying thank you.
Bird Netter: Thanks for the bird!! I bestow my best wishes on you. Good luck on your quest! (grateful)
Act 3
Music # 5 - (sung by grave robbers)
Let’s open up the coffin
Let’s see what’s inside
We’ll find good treasures
And precious golden eyes
We take our big bags
And fill them with things
We leave Tut’s tomb
With diamonds and rings
There’s somebody coming
We don’t know who
We turn ‘round to look
But we don’t have a clue!
Peter: Who are those men running up the street with those gold statues?
James: They are the grave robbers that steal from the tombs of the pharaohs. They helped get us into this mess in the first place.
Howard Carter Jr.: I think that they have the amulet that we need.
Vanessa and Valerie: Let’s go, Get them! (loud)
Peter: Wait, I’ve hurt my foot. I must have stepped on something sharp. (whimpering)
James: I think you stepped on the amulet. The grave robbers must have dropped it.
Vanessa and Valerie: Our luck is beginning to change already!! (excitedly)
The students walk into the pyramid where the spirits await them.
Howard Carter Jr.: Now, if we could just put the puzzle pieces together to reveal our final message. (anxiously)
King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut: Thank you boys and girls for helping us. We have waited for this moment for thousands of years.
Music #6 (King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut)
Thank you for the sacred charms
It will keep you out of harm
Howard Carter’s curse is lifted
For this you have been gifted
Now return back to the ROM
Where Mrs. Taylor has waited long
Tell the history of the past
Then this journey will end at last.

As the students put the final puzzle piece into place, a message appears.
All students read the message in unison: Now leave the amulets here alone and go back to the time of your own.
The students reappear at the Rom to find a frantic Mrs. Taylor.
Howard Carter Jr.: Do you feel that?
Vanessa and Valerie: What, Howard? (snotty, impatiently)
Howard Carter Jr.: I feel a huge sense of relief. I think the Carter Curse has been lifted. We did it guys, we really did it!!! (excited)
Mrs. Taylor: Where have you been? I have been worried sick about you!! (mad, but relieved they have returned). What are you talking about? What did you do?
The children reread, like they have been told so many times before, the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone, but this time correctly. In unison, they chant, “We are finally back at last, so we can tell the story of the past.”
All the students begin to tell of the adventures, all calling out at once.
Mrs. Taylor: Please children, one at a time!! (pulling her hair out)
The rest of the students stand with their mouths hanging open, in disbelief.
Student 1: Oh my gosh!
Student 2: Woah, so cool dude!
Student 3: I’m so jealous, I wish I had gone!
Student 4: I’m glad that your family is now free of that horrible curse, Howard.
Howard Carter Jr.: Thanks!! You know what? I think that when I grow up I will study to become a famous Egyptologist and tell the world about the unexplained mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
All Students in Unison: And he did!!
Mrs. Taylor: This has been quite a day, boys and girls. Let’s get back on the bus and go home.
As the students leave the stage, they whine and complain that they want to stay longer and learn more about Ancient Egypt. Mrs. Taylor continues to pull her hair out!

The End !!!!

Mrs. Taylor's Opera - The Whole Thing

Opera - E3 (Mrs. Taylor’s Grade 5 class)

Setting: Ancient Egypt
Year: 2435 B.C.

Characters:

Howard Carter Jr. - Grade 5 student
Vanessa - Grade 5 student
Valerie - Grade 5 student
Peter - Grade 5 student
James - Grade 5 student
King Tutankhamen
Queen Hatshepsut
Egyptian Villagers
Pyramid Builders
A Scribe
A Marsh man
A Sailor
A Bird netter
Grave Robbers
Mrs. Taylor - Grade 5 teacher
Grade 5 students

Act 1

Scene 1:

This scene takes place outside a pyramid, next to the Nile River


Music #1 (Teacher sings)

Please class, we’re almost there
I think that I’ll pull out my hair!
We’ll look at dino bones
And the famous Rosetta Stone.
Squiggles and symbols are a mystery to us
Oh my goodness, let’s get off the bus!
Round the corner, past the bats
Mummies, coffins, scrolls and cats.
In the museum,
hope we see ’um!

Student 1: I love the ROM! I’m so excited I think that I’ll scream!

Student 2: Finally, we’re off the bus! (exasperated)

Student 3: I can see gold statues and dead people.

Student 4: Well, I can see something even better, the Rosetta Stone!

Howard Carter Jr.: Come on guys, let’s go read the hieroglyphics. (excited)

James: I think it says, “Only the Great must pass, but can you live to last?”

Peter: I don’t think that’s right. (worried)

Vanessa and Valerie: Uh oh, What’s happening? Maybe it’s something bad…Ahhhhhhhh (speaking and then screaming in unison)

Howard Carter, James, Peter, Vanessa and Valerie disappear into a cloud of smoke and reappear in Ancient Egypt, the year 2435 B.C.

Music #2 (sung by Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie)

Oh my goodness, where are we going?
There is no way of knowing.
What year is it?
Maybe the time of hieroglyphics.
Oh my goodness, what a flood!
Run, Run, Mounds of mud!
Into the pyramid, we must hide.
Chambers, tunnels deep inside.
I see something up ahead.
Is it spirits of the dead?

Pyramid Builder 1: Run for your lives!

Pyramid Builder 2: We’re all going to die!

Pyramid Builder 3: The flood waters are rising fast and getting really close to us! (afraid and worried)

Pyramid Builder 4: Wait for me!!

Pyramid Builder 5: If you don’t hurry up, we’re going to leave you behind.

Pyramid Builder 4: You know, that might not be half bad. I can’t believe how hot it gets in the desert.

Pyramid Builder 5: Whatever! Let’s get out of here. Head for the pyramid, we’ll be safe in there.

Pyramid Builder 1: I want my mummy!!

Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie reappear next to the pyramid builders, in time to see a wave of water heading for them. They run with the builders into the pyramid.

Act 2

The children stop, just inside the entrance to the pyramid. They are greeted by King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut.

Howard Carter Jr: I’ve seen those people before. In books, back in our classroom. (whispers)

James: Yeah! Me Too!

Vanessa and Valerie: They are King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut! Jinx!. They‘ve been dead for thousands of years. Maybe it‘s their spirits. (loudly in unison)

Peter: Hey! Didn’t we see them at the ROM?

Queen Hatshepsut: SILENCE!! (loudly, with authority)

King Tut: STEP FORWARD, IMMEDIATELY!! (loudly, with authority)

Queen Hatshepsut: Do as he says. He is the King of Egypt. (with a jealous attitude)

King Tut: I’ve cursed generation after generation of your family! Did I ever come to your home and steal your family jewels and treasures? NO! But your great, great grandfather, Howard Carter stole mine!

Music #3

You took my jewels
You rotten fools
Bring back my treasure
Or you’ll stay forever
Find the secret maps
Before you’re trapped
Bring back my sacred charms
And you will not be harmed
If you want to return in time
Back to the year, 2009.

Queen Hatshepsut: You must find the 6 amulets, if your are to return to the year 2009 and for us to reach the afterlife.

Peter: Will it be difficult?

Vanessa and Valerie: Our adventure won’t be hard but we’ll make yours difficult. (in unison and with a snotty attitude)

Queen Hatshepsut: This will lead you to the rest of the amulets. (hands them a piece of the map)

Music #4

A long time ago
We really didn’t know
About this horrible curse
Can things get even worse?
If Carter did the crime
Must we do the time?
What are we supposed to do?
Off we go to follow through
We must return the charms and gold
If we’re to get home ‘fore we’re old.


Vanessa and Valerie: (they look at the map and the amulet) We WON’T go through dirty, dark tunnels. Like, that is so 2000 BC. (with attitude)

Queen Hatshepsut: Go now on this quest! (loud, impatiently)

Vanessa and Valerie: But there are insects and who knows what else is in there.

Queen Hatshepsut: WE DON’T CARE!!!!! STOP YOUR WINING !!!(really angry)

James: Do as she says or she just might CURSE US ALL!! (nervously)

Peter: I think that I stepped on a spider!

Vanessa and Valerie: Us too, EWWWWW!!

Peter: We’re here! (excited, but nervous)

James: I see a big tunnel with a door at the end.

Peter: Open it! (loud and excited) This must have been King Tut’s tomb.

Vanessa: Whoa!!!!!

Valerie: Like, totally whoa!!!!!

Peter: Hey!! There’s the amulet and there is a map with it. (excited and relieved)

All of the Kids: Next stop, The Valley of the Kings!!!

Vanessa and Valerie: Now we can really be “Valley Girls”!!

Students have travelled to the Valley of the Kings

Howard Carter Jr.: Wow! These cliffs are so hard to climb! (exhausted)

James: Hey! Look in there. I see a body wrapped in old linens. (anxiously)

Peter: Look, there is one amulet beside the mummy. I guess the grave robbers missed that one.

Vanessa and Valerie: Good thing for us! (in unison)

Howard Carter Jr.: This map piece tells us our next destination, The Temple of Dendera.

Students travel from the Valley of the Kings to the Temple of Dendera

The Scribe: Who dares to enter the Temple? I am the King’s scribe and I record the King’s days events.

James: Wow!! A real live scribe. (surprised)

Vanessa and Valerie: Why is there only boy scribes? (curious)

The Scribe: Girls are always working in the house, learning from their mother.

Vanessa and Valerie: That’s unfair! In Canada, we have a Constitution that allows girls to have the same rights as boys. Hooray for Equality Rights!! (snotty and disgusted)

Howard Carter Jr.: Did you see that statue? That’s the Goddess of Hothur. She is the Goddess of Beauty.

Peter: That amulet hanging around her neck makes her really beautiful. Let’s grab it and get going!! (anxious to get out of there)

Vanessa and Valerie: Give us the map. Follow us guys, the map is guiding us to the Nile River, the longest river in the world.

Students travel to the Nile where they are met by a marsh man cutting the reeds from the banks of the river.


James: Why are you standing by the Nile River?

The Marsh Man: I am cutting the reeds to make boats, ropes, mats and paper.

Peter: Can we use your boat to sail down the Nile?

The Marsh Man: Yes, you may. My friend, the sailor will guide you.

Peter: Thank you, we will be eternally grateful.

Sailor: Be careful boys and girls. The crocodiles and hippo’s can be very dangerous. They would enjoy snacking on you fine children.

Vanessa and Valerie: Hey, what’s that attached to the oar?

James: Isn’t that another piece of the map and an amulet?

Peter: Yeah! Let’s get it before the crocodiles do. (excited)

Howard Carter Jr. sees a crocodile and almost falls into the river trying to get the amulet. At the last second, James grabs him. After seeing that Howard and the amulet are safe, the kids cheer! (loud)

Vanessa and Valerie: Pull over there! The clue tells us to see the bird netter. There he is!

Howard Carter Jr.: What do you do with that net, fine sir?

Bird netter: I catch birds with my net. I take them to the village market where I can barter for other things I need. That is the way of Egyptian life.

James: I see that you have an amulet and map attached to your net. Could we please have it?

Before the bird netter can answer, a bird swoops down and grabs the amulet. The students chase the bird and finally retrieve the amulet when the bird crashes into a tree and drops the amulet. The students give the bird to the bird netter as a way of saying thank you.

Bird Netter: Thanks for the bird!! I bestow my best wishes on you. Good luck on your quest! (grateful)

Act 3

Music # 5 - (sung by grave robbers)

Let’s open up the coffin
Let’s see what’s inside
We’ll find good treasures
And precious golden eyes
We take our big bags
And fill them with things
We leave Tut’s tomb
With diamonds and rings
There’s somebody coming
We don’t know who
We turn ‘round to look
But we don’t have a clue!

Peter: Who are those men running up the street with those gold statues?

James: They are the grave robbers that steal from the tombs of the pharaohs. They helped get us into this mess in the first place.

Howard Carter Jr.: I think that they have the amulet that we need.

Vanessa and Valerie: Let’s go, Get them! (loud)

Peter: Wait, I’ve hurt my foot. I must have stepped on something sharp. (whimpering)

James: I think you stepped on the amulet. The grave robbers must have dropped it.

Vanessa and Valerie: Our luck is beginning to change already!! (excitedly)

The students walk into the pyramid where the spirits await them.

Howard Carter Jr.: Now, if we could just put the puzzle pieces together to reveal our final message. (anxiously)

King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut: Thank you boys and girls for helping us. We have waited for this moment for thousands of years.

Music #6 (King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut)

Thank you for the sacred charms
It will keep you out of harm
Howard Carter’s curse is lifted
For this you have been gifted
Now return back to the ROM
Where Mrs. Taylor has waited long
Tell the history of the past
Then this journey will end at last.


As the students put the final puzzle piece into place, a message appears.

All students read the message in unison: Now leave the amulets here alone and go back to the time of your own.

The students reappear at the Rom to find a frantic Mrs. Taylor.

Howard Carter Jr.: Do you feel that?

Vanessa and Valerie: What, Howard? (snotty, impatiently)

Howard Carter Jr.: I feel a huge sense of relief. I think the Carter Curse has been lifted. We did it guys, we really did it!!! (excited)

Mrs. Taylor: Where have you been? I have been worried sick about you!! (mad, but relieved they have returned). What are you talking about? What did you do?

The children reread, like they have been told so many times before, the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone, but this time correctly. In unison, they chant, “We are finally back at last, so we can tell the story of the past.”

All the students begin to tell of the adventures, all calling out at once.

Mrs. Taylor: Please children, one at a time!! (pulling her hair out)

The rest of the students stand with their mouths hanging open, in disbelief.

Student 1: Oh my gosh!

Student 2: Woah, so cool dude!

Student 3: I’m so jealous, I wish I had gone!

Student 4: I’m glad that your family is now free of that horrible curse, Howard.

Howard Carter Jr.: Thanks!! You know what? I think that when I grow up I will study to become a famous Egyptologist and tell the world about the unexplained mysteries of Ancient Egypt.

All Students in Unison: And he did!!

Mrs. Taylor: This has been quite a day, boys and girls. Let’s get back on the bus and go home.

As the students leave the stage, they whine and complain that they want to stay longer and learn more about Ancient Egypt. Mrs. Taylor continues to pull her hair out!


The End !!!!

Mrs. Taylor's Opera - The Whole Kit n Kaboodle

Opera - E3 (Mrs. Taylor’s Grade 5 class)

Setting: Ancient Egypt
Year: 2435 B.C.

Characters:

Howard Carter Jr. - Grade 5 student
Vanessa - Grade 5 student
Valerie - Grade 5 student
Peter - Grade 5 student
James - Grade 5 student
King Tutankhamen
Queen Hatshepsut
Egyptian Villagers
Pyramid Builders
A Scribe
A Marsh man
A Sailor
A Bird netter
Grave Robbers
Mrs. Taylor - Grade 5 teacher
Grade 5 students

Act 1

Scene 1:

This scene takes place outside a pyramid, next to the Nile River


Music #1 (Teacher sings)

Please class, we’re almost there
I think that I’ll pull out my hair!
We’ll look at dino bones
And the famous Rosetta Stone.
Squiggles and symbols are a mystery to us
Oh my goodness, let’s get off the bus!
Round the corner, past the bats
Mummies, coffins, scrolls and cats.
In the museum,
hope we see ’um!

Student 1: I love the ROM! I’m so excited I think that I’ll scream!

Student 2: Finally, we’re off the bus! (exasperated)

Student 3: I can see gold statues and dead people.

Student 4: Well, I can see something even better, the Rosetta Stone!

Howard Carter Jr.: Come on guys, let’s go read the hieroglyphics. (excited)

James: I think it says, “Only the Great must pass, but can you live to last?”

Peter: I don’t think that’s right. (worried)

Vanessa and Valerie: Uh oh, What’s happening? Maybe it’s something bad…Ahhhhhhhh (speaking and then screaming in unison)

Howard Carter, James, Peter, Vanessa and Valerie disappear into a cloud of smoke and reappear in Ancient Egypt, the year 2435 B.C.

Music #2 (sung by Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie)

Oh my goodness, where are we going?
There is no way of knowing.
What year is it?
Maybe the time of hieroglyphics.
Oh my goodness, what a flood!
Run, Run, Mounds of mud!
Into the pyramid, we must hide.
Chambers, tunnels deep inside.
I see something up ahead.
Is it spirits of the dead?

Pyramid Builder 1: Run for your lives!

Pyramid Builder 2: We’re all going to die!

Pyramid Builder 3: The flood waters are rising fast and getting really close to us! (afraid and worried)

Pyramid Builder 4: Wait for me!!

Pyramid Builder 5: If you don’t hurry up, we’re going to leave you behind.

Pyramid Builder 4: You know, that might not be half bad. I can’t believe how hot it gets in the desert.

Pyramid Builder 5: Whatever! Let’s get out of here. Head for the pyramid, we’ll be safe in there.

Pyramid Builder 1: I want my mummy!!

Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie reappear next to the pyramid builders, in time to see a wave of water heading for them. They run with the builders into the pyramid.

Act 2

The children stop, just inside the entrance to the pyramid. They are greeted by King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut.

Howard Carter Jr: I’ve seen those people before. In books, back in our classroom. (whispers)

James: Yeah! Me Too!

Vanessa and Valerie: They are King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut! Jinx!. They‘ve been dead for thousands of years. Maybe it‘s their spirits. (loudly in unison)

Peter: Hey! Didn’t we see them at the ROM?

Queen Hatshepsut: SILENCE!! (loudly, with authority)

King Tut: STEP FORWARD, IMMEDIATELY!! (loudly, with authority)

Queen Hatshepsut: Do as he says. He is the King of Egypt. (with a jealous attitude)

King Tut: I’ve cursed generation after generation of your family! Did I ever come to your home and steal your family jewels and treasures? NO! But your great, great grandfather, Howard Carter stole mine!

Music #3

You took my jewels
You rotten fools
Bring back my treasure
Or you’ll stay forever
Find the secret maps
Before you’re trapped
Bring back my sacred charms
And you will not be harmed
If you want to return in time
Back to the year, 2009.

Queen Hatshepsut: You must find the 6 amulets, if your are to return to the year 2009 and for us to reach the afterlife.

Peter: Will it be difficult?

Vanessa and Valerie: Our adventure won’t be hard but we’ll make yours difficult. (in unison and with a snotty attitude)

Queen Hatshepsut: This will lead you to the rest of the amulets. (hands them a piece of the map)

Music #4

A long time ago
We really didn’t know
About this horrible curse
Can things get even worse?
If Carter did the crime
Must we do the time?
What are we supposed to do?
Off we go to follow through
We must return the charms and gold
If we’re to get home ‘fore we’re old.


Vanessa and Valerie: (they look at the map and the amulet) We WON’T go through dirty, dark tunnels. Like, that is so 2000 BC. (with attitude)

Queen Hatshepsut: Go now on this quest! (loud, impatiently)

Vanessa and Valerie: But there are insects and who knows what else is in there.

Queen Hatshepsut: WE DON’T CARE!!!!! STOP YOUR WINING !!!(really angry)

James: Do as she says or she just might CURSE US ALL!! (nervously)

Peter: I think that I stepped on a spider!

Vanessa and Valerie: Us too, EWWWWW!!

Peter: We’re here! (excited, but nervous)

James: I see a big tunnel with a door at the end.

Peter: Open it! (loud and excited) This must have been King Tut’s tomb.

Vanessa: Whoa!!!!!

Valerie: Like, totally whoa!!!!!

Peter: Hey!! There’s the amulet and there is a map with it. (excited and relieved)

All of the Kids: Next stop, The Valley of the Kings!!!

Vanessa and Valerie: Now we can really be “Valley Girls”!!

Students have travelled to the Valley of the Kings

Howard Carter Jr.: Wow! These cliffs are so hard to climb! (exhausted)

James: Hey! Look in there. I see a body wrapped in old linens. (anxiously)

Peter: Look, there is one amulet beside the mummy. I guess the grave robbers missed that one.

Vanessa and Valerie: Good thing for us! (in unison)

Howard Carter Jr.: This map piece tells us our next destination, The Temple of Dendera.

Students travel from the Valley of the Kings to the Temple of Dendera

The Scribe: Who dares to enter the Temple? I am the King’s scribe and I record the King’s days events.

James: Wow!! A real live scribe. (surprised)

Vanessa and Valerie: Why is there only boy scribes? (curious)

The Scribe: Girls are always working in the house, learning from their mother.

Vanessa and Valerie: That’s unfair! In Canada, we have a Constitution that allows girls to have the same rights as boys. Hooray for Equality Rights!! (snotty and disgusted)

Howard Carter Jr.: Did you see that statue? That’s the Goddess of Hothur. She is the Goddess of Beauty.

Peter: That amulet hanging around her neck makes her really beautiful. Let’s grab it and get going!! (anxious to get out of there)

Vanessa and Valerie: Give us the map. Follow us guys, the map is guiding us to the Nile River, the longest river in the world.

Students travel to the Nile where they are met by a marsh man cutting the reeds from the banks of the river.


James: Why are you standing by the Nile River?

The Marsh Man: I am cutting the reeds to make boats, ropes, mats and paper.

Peter: Can we use your boat to sail down the Nile?

The Marsh Man: Yes, you may. My friend, the sailor will guide you.

Peter: Thank you, we will be eternally grateful.

Sailor: Be careful boys and girls. The crocodiles and hippo’s can be very dangerous. They would enjoy snacking on you fine children.

Vanessa and Valerie: Hey, what’s that attached to the oar?

James: Isn’t that another piece of the map and an amulet?

Peter: Yeah! Let’s get it before the crocodiles do. (excited)

Howard Carter Jr. sees a crocodile and almost falls into the river trying to get the amulet. At the last second, James grabs him. After seeing that Howard and the amulet are safe, the kids cheer! (loud)

Vanessa and Valerie: Pull over there! The clue tells us to see the bird netter. There he is!

Howard Carter Jr.: What do you do with that net, fine sir?

Bird netter: I catch birds with my net. I take them to the village market where I can barter for other things I need. That is the way of Egyptian life.

James: I see that you have an amulet and map attached to your net. Could we please have it?

Before the bird netter can answer, a bird swoops down and grabs the amulet. The students chase the bird and finally retrieve the amulet when the bird crashes into a tree and drops the amulet. The students give the bird to the bird netter as a way of saying thank you.

Bird Netter: Thanks for the bird!! I bestow my best wishes on you. Good luck on your quest! (grateful)

Act 3

Music # 5 - (sung by grave robbers)

Let’s open up the coffin
Let’s see what’s inside
We’ll find good treasures
And precious golden eyes
We take our big bags
And fill them with things
We leave Tut’s tomb
With diamonds and rings
There’s somebody coming
We don’t know who
We turn ‘round to look
But we don’t have a clue!

Peter: Who are those men running up the street with those gold statues?

James: They are the grave robbers that steal from the tombs of the pharaohs. They helped get us into this mess in the first place.

Howard Carter Jr.: I think that they have the amulet that we need.

Vanessa and Valerie: Let’s go, Get them! (loud)

Peter: Wait, I’ve hurt my foot. I must have stepped on something sharp. (whimpering)

James: I think you stepped on the amulet. The grave robbers must have dropped it.

Vanessa and Valerie: Our luck is beginning to change already!! (excitedly)

The students walk into the pyramid where the spirits await them.

Howard Carter Jr.: Now, if we could just put the puzzle pieces together to reveal our final message. (anxiously)

King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut: Thank you boys and girls for helping us. We have waited for this moment for thousands of years.

Music #6 (King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut)

Thank you for the sacred charms
It will keep you out of harm
Howard Carter’s curse is lifted
For this you have been gifted
Now return back to the ROM
Where Mrs. Taylor has waited long
Tell the history of the past
Then this journey will end at last.


As the students put the final puzzle piece into place, a message appears.

All students read the message in unison: Now leave the amulets here alone and go back to the time of your own.

The students reappear at the Rom to find a frantic Mrs. Taylor.

Howard Carter Jr.: Do you feel that?

Vanessa and Valerie: What, Howard? (snotty, impatiently)

Howard Carter Jr.: I feel a huge sense of relief. I think the Carter Curse has been lifted. We did it guys, we really did it!!! (excited)

Mrs. Taylor: Where have you been? I have been worried sick about you!! (mad, but relieved they have returned). What are you talking about? What did you do?

The children reread, like they have been told so many times before, the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone, but this time correctly. In unison, they chant, “We are finally back at last, so we can tell the story of the past.”

All the students begin to tell of the adventures, all calling out at once.

Mrs. Taylor: Please children, one at a time!! (pulling her hair out)

The rest of the students stand with their mouths hanging open, in disbelief.

Student 1: Oh my gosh!

Student 2: Woah, so cool dude!

Student 3: I’m so jealous, I wish I had gone!

Student 4: I’m glad that your family is now free of that horrible curse, Howard.

Howard Carter Jr.: Thanks!! You know what? I think that when I grow up I will study to become a famous Egyptologist and tell the world about the unexplained mysteries of Ancient Egypt.

All Students in Unison: And he did!!

Mrs. Taylor: This has been quite a day, boys and girls. Let’s get back on the bus and go home.

As the students leave the stage, they whine and complain that they want to stay longer and learn more about Ancient Egypt. Mrs. Taylor continues to pull her hair out!


The End !!!!

Mrs. Taylor's Opera - The Whole Kit n Kaboodle

Opera - E3 (Mrs. Taylor’s Grade 5 class)
Setting: Ancient Egypt
Year: 2435 B.C.
Characters:
Howard Carter Jr. - Grade 5 student
Vanessa - Grade 5 student
Valerie - Grade 5 student
Peter - Grade 5 student
James - Grade 5 student
King Tutankhamen
Queen Hatshepsut
Egyptian Villagers
Pyramid Builders
A Scribe
A Marsh man
A Sailor
A Bird netter
Grave Robbers
Mrs. Taylor - Grade 5 teacher
Grade 5 students
Act 1
Scene 1:
This scene takes place outside a pyramid, next to the Nile River

Music #1 (Teacher sings)
Please class, we’re almost there
I think that I’ll pull out my hair!
We’ll look at dino bones
And the famous Rosetta Stone.
Squiggles and symbols are a mystery to us
Oh my goodness, let’s get off the bus!
Round the corner, past the bats
Mummies, coffins, scrolls and cats.
In the museum,
hope we see ’um!
Student 1: I love the ROM! I’m so excited I think that I’ll scream!
Student 2: Finally, we’re off the bus! (exasperated)
Student 3: I can see gold statues and dead people.
Student 4: Well, I can see something even better, the Rosetta Stone!
Howard Carter Jr.: Come on guys, let’s go read the hieroglyphics. (excited)
James: I think it says, “Only the Great must pass, but can you live to last?”
Peter: I don’t think that’s right. (worried)
Vanessa and Valerie: Uh oh, What’s happening? Maybe it’s something bad…Ahhhhhhhh (speaking and then screaming in unison)
Howard Carter, James, Peter, Vanessa and Valerie disappear into a cloud of smoke and reappear in Ancient Egypt, the year 2435 B.C.
Music #2 (sung by Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie)
Oh my goodness, where are we going?
There is no way of knowing.
What year is it?
Maybe the time of hieroglyphics.
Oh my goodness, what a flood!
Run, Run, Mounds of mud!
Into the pyramid, we must hide.
Chambers, tunnels deep inside.
I see something up ahead.
Is it spirits of the dead?
Pyramid Builder 1: Run for your lives!
Pyramid Builder 2: We’re all going to die!
Pyramid Builder 3: The flood waters are rising fast and getting really close to us! (afraid and worried)
Pyramid Builder 4: Wait for me!!
Pyramid Builder 5: If you don’t hurry up, we’re going to leave you behind.
Pyramid Builder 4: You know, that might not be half bad. I can’t believe how hot it gets in the desert.
Pyramid Builder 5: Whatever! Let’s get out of here. Head for the pyramid, we’ll be safe in there.
Pyramid Builder 1: I want my mummy!!
Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie reappear next to the pyramid builders, in time to see a wave of water heading for them. They run with the builders into the pyramid.
Act 2
The children stop, just inside the entrance to the pyramid. They are greeted by King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut.
Howard Carter Jr: I’ve seen those people before. In books, back in our classroom. (whispers)
James: Yeah! Me Too!
Vanessa and Valerie: They are King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut! Jinx!. They‘ve been dead for thousands of years. Maybe it‘s their spirits. (loudly in unison)
Peter: Hey! Didn’t we see them at the ROM?
Queen Hatshepsut: SILENCE!! (loudly, with authority)
King Tut: STEP FORWARD, IMMEDIATELY!! (loudly, with authority)
Queen Hatshepsut: Do as he says. He is the King of Egypt. (with a jealous attitude)
King Tut: I’ve cursed generation after generation of your family! Did I ever come to your home and steal your family jewels and treasures? NO! But your great, great grandfather, Howard Carter stole mine!
Music #3
You took my jewels
You rotten fools
Bring back my treasure
Or you’ll stay forever
Find the secret maps
Before you’re trapped
Bring back my sacred charms
And you will not be harmed
If you want to return in time
Back to the year, 2009.
Queen Hatshepsut: You must find the 6 amulets, if your are to return to the year 2009 and for us to reach the afterlife.
Peter: Will it be difficult?
Vanessa and Valerie: Our adventure won’t be hard but we’ll make yours difficult. (in unison and with a snotty attitude)
Queen Hatshepsut: This will lead you to the rest of the amulets. (hands them a piece of the map)
Music #4
A long time ago
We really didn’t know
About this horrible curse
Can things get even worse?
If Carter did the crime
Must we do the time?
What are we supposed to do?
Off we go to follow through
We must return the charms and gold
If we’re to get home ‘fore we’re old.

Vanessa and Valerie: (they look at the map and the amulet) We WON’T go through dirty, dark tunnels. Like, that is so 2000 BC. (with attitude)
Queen Hatshepsut: Go now on this quest! (loud, impatiently)
Vanessa and Valerie: But there are insects and who knows what else is in there.
Queen Hatshepsut: WE DON’T CARE!!!!! STOP YOUR WINING !!!(really angry)
James: Do as she says or she just might CURSE US ALL!! (nervously)
Peter: I think that I stepped on a spider!
Vanessa and Valerie: Us too, EWWWWW!!
Peter: We’re here! (excited, but nervous)
James: I see a big tunnel with a door at the end.
Peter: Open it! (loud and excited) This must have been King Tut’s tomb.
Vanessa: Whoa!!!!!
Valerie: Like, totally whoa!!!!!
Peter: Hey!! There’s the amulet and there is a map with it. (excited and relieved)
All of the Kids: Next stop, The Valley of the Kings!!!
Vanessa and Valerie: Now we can really be “Valley Girls”!!
Students have travelled to the Valley of the Kings
Howard Carter Jr.: Wow! These cliffs are so hard to climb! (exhausted)
James: Hey! Look in there. I see a body wrapped in old linens. (anxiously)
Peter: Look, there is one amulet beside the mummy. I guess the grave robbers missed that one.
Vanessa and Valerie: Good thing for us! (in unison)
Howard Carter Jr.: This map piece tells us our next destination, The Temple of Dendera.
Students travel from the Valley of the Kings to the Temple of Dendera
The Scribe: Who dares to enter the Temple? I am the King’s scribe and I record the King’s days events.
James: Wow!! A real live scribe. (surprised)
Vanessa and Valerie: Why is there only boy scribes? (curious)
The Scribe: Girls are always working in the house, learning from their mother.
Vanessa and Valerie: That’s unfair! In Canada, we have a Constitution that allows girls to have the same rights as boys. Hooray for Equality Rights!! (snotty and disgusted)
Howard Carter Jr.: Did you see that statue? That’s the Goddess of Hothur. She is the Goddess of Beauty.
Peter: That amulet hanging around her neck makes her really beautiful. Let’s grab it and get going!! (anxious to get out of there)
Vanessa and Valerie: Give us the map. Follow us guys, the map is guiding us to the Nile River, the longest river in the world.
Students travel to the Nile where they are met by a marsh man cutting the reeds from the banks of the river.

James: Why are you standing by the Nile River?
The Marsh Man: I am cutting the reeds to make boats, ropes, mats and paper.
Peter: Can we use your boat to sail down the Nile?
The Marsh Man: Yes, you may. My friend, the sailor will guide you.
Peter: Thank you, we will be eternally grateful.
Sailor: Be careful boys and girls. The crocodiles and hippo’s can be very dangerous. They would enjoy snacking on you fine children.
Vanessa and Valerie: Hey, what’s that attached to the oar?
James: Isn’t that another piece of the map and an amulet?
Peter: Yeah! Let’s get it before the crocodiles do. (excited)
Howard Carter Jr. sees a crocodile and almost falls into the river trying to get the amulet. At the last second, James grabs him. After seeing that Howard and the amulet are safe, the kids cheer! (loud)
Vanessa and Valerie: Pull over there! The clue tells us to see the bird netter. There he is!
Howard Carter Jr.: What do you do with that net, fine sir?
Bird netter: I catch birds with my net. I take them to the village market where I can barter for other things I need. That is the way of Egyptian life.
James: I see that you have an amulet and map attached to your net. Could we please have it?
Before the bird netter can answer, a bird swoops down and grabs the amulet. The students chase the bird and finally retrieve the amulet when the bird crashes into a tree and drops the amulet. The students give the bird to the bird netter as a way of saying thank you.
Bird Netter: Thanks for the bird!! I bestow my best wishes on you. Good luck on your quest! (grateful)
Act 3
Music # 5 - (sung by grave robbers)
Let’s open up the coffin
Let’s see what’s inside
We’ll find good treasures
And precious golden eyes
We take our big bags
And fill them with things
We leave Tut’s tomb
With diamonds and rings
There’s somebody coming
We don’t know who
We turn ‘round to look
But we don’t have a clue!
Peter: Who are those men running up the street with those gold statues?
James: They are the grave robbers that steal from the tombs of the pharaohs. They helped get us into this mess in the first place.
Howard Carter Jr.: I think that they have the amulet that we need.
Vanessa and Valerie: Let’s go, Get them! (loud)
Peter: Wait, I’ve hurt my foot. I must have stepped on something sharp. (whimpering)
James: I think you stepped on the amulet. The grave robbers must have dropped it.
Vanessa and Valerie: Our luck is beginning to change already!! (excitedly)
The students walk into the pyramid where the spirits await them.
Howard Carter Jr.: Now, if we could just put the puzzle pieces together to reveal our final message. (anxiously)
King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut: Thank you boys and girls for helping us. We have waited for this moment for thousands of years.
Music #6 (King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut)
Thank you for the sacred charms
It will keep you out of harm
Howard Carter’s curse is lifted
For this you have been gifted
Now return back to the ROM
Where Mrs. Taylor has waited long
Tell the history of the past
Then this journey will end at last.

As the students put the final puzzle piece into place, a message appears.
All students read the message in unison: Now leave the amulets here alone and go back to the time of your own.
The students reappear at the Rom to find a frantic Mrs. Taylor.
Howard Carter Jr.: Do you feel that?
Vanessa and Valerie: What, Howard? (snotty, impatiently)
Howard Carter Jr.: I feel a huge sense of relief. I think the Carter Curse has been lifted. We did it guys, we really did it!!! (excited)
Mrs. Taylor: Where have you been? I have been worried sick about you!! (mad, but relieved they have returned). What are you talking about? What did you do?
The children reread, like they have been told so many times before, the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone, but this time correctly. In unison, they chant, “We are finally back at last, so we can tell the story of the past.”
All the students begin to tell of the adventures, all calling out at once.
Mrs. Taylor: Please children, one at a time!! (pulling her hair out)
The rest of the students stand with their mouths hanging open, in disbelief.
Student 1: Oh my gosh!
Student 2: Woah, so cool dude!
Student 3: I’m so jealous, I wish I had gone!
Student 4: I’m glad that your family is now free of that horrible curse, Howard.
Howard Carter Jr.: Thanks!! You know what? I think that when I grow up I will study to become a famous Egyptologist and tell the world about the unexplained mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
All Students in Unison: And he did!!
Mrs. Taylor: This has been quite a day, boys and girls. Let’s get back on the bus and go home.
As the students leave the stage, they whine and complain that they want to stay longer and learn more about Ancient Egypt. Mrs. Taylor continues to pull her hair out!

The End !!!!

Mrs. Taylor's Opera - The Whole Kit n Kaboodle

Mrs. Taylor - Opera Dialogue

Opera - E3 (Mrs. Taylor’s Grade 5 class)
Setting: Ancient Egypt
Year: 2435 B.C.
Characters:
Howard Carter Jr. - Grade 5 student
Vanessa - Grade 5 student
Valerie - Grade 5 student
Peter - Grade 5 student
James - Grade 5 student
King Tutankhamen
Queen Hatshepsut
Egyptian Villagers
Pyramid Builders
A Scribe
A Marsh man
A Sailor
A Bird netter
Grave Robbers
Mrs. Taylor - Grade 5 teacher
Grade 5 students
Act 1
Scene 1:
This scene takes place outside a pyramid, next to the Nile River

Music #1 (Teacher sings)
Please class, we’re almost there
I think that I’ll pull out my hair!
We’ll look at dino bones
And the famous Rosetta Stone.
Squiggles and symbols are a mystery to us
Oh my goodness, let’s get off the bus!
Round the corner, past the bats
Mummies, coffins, scrolls and cats.
In the museum,
hope we see ’um!
Student 1: I love the ROM! I’m so excited I think that I’ll scream!
Student 2: Finally, we’re off the bus! (exasperated)
Student 3: I can see gold statues and dead people.
Student 4: Well, I can see something even better, the Rosetta Stone!
Howard Carter Jr.: Come on guys, let’s go read the hieroglyphics. (excited)
James: I think it says, “Only the Great must pass, but can you live to last?”
Peter: I don’t think that’s right. (worried)
Vanessa and Valerie: Uh oh, What’s happening? Maybe it’s something bad…Ahhhhhhhh (speaking and then screaming in unison)
Howard Carter, James, Peter, Vanessa and Valerie disappear into a cloud of smoke and reappear in Ancient Egypt, the year 2435 B.C.
Music #2 (sung by Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie)
Oh my goodness, where are we going?
There is no way of knowing.
What year is it?
Maybe the time of hieroglyphics.
Oh my goodness, what a flood!
Run, Run, Mounds of mud!
Into the pyramid, we must hide.
Chambers, tunnels deep inside.
I see something up ahead.
Is it spirits of the dead?
Pyramid Builder 1: Run for your lives!
Pyramid Builder 2: We’re all going to die!
Pyramid Builder 3: The flood waters are rising fast and getting really close to us! (afraid and worried)
Pyramid Builder 4: Wait for me!!
Pyramid Builder 5: If you don’t hurry up, we’re going to leave you behind.
Pyramid Builder 4: You know, that might not be half bad. I can’t believe how hot it gets in the desert.
Pyramid Builder 5: Whatever! Let’s get out of here. Head for the pyramid, we’ll be safe in there.
Pyramid Builder 1: I want my mummy!!
Howard Carter Jr., Peter, James, Vanessa and Valerie reappear next to the pyramid builders, in time to see a wave of water heading for them. They run with the builders into the pyramid.
Act 2
The children stop, just inside the entrance to the pyramid. They are greeted by King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut.
Howard Carter Jr: I’ve seen those people before. In books, back in our classroom. (whispers)
James: Yeah! Me Too!
Vanessa and Valerie: They are King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut! Jinx!. They‘ve been dead for thousands of years. Maybe it‘s their spirits. (loudly in unison)
Peter: Hey! Didn’t we see them at the ROM?
Queen Hatshepsut: SILENCE!! (loudly, with authority)
King Tut: STEP FORWARD, IMMEDIATELY!! (loudly, with authority)
Queen Hatshepsut: Do as he says. He is the King of Egypt. (with a jealous attitude)
King Tut: I’ve cursed generation after generation of your family! Did I ever come to your home and steal your family jewels and treasures? NO! But your great, great grandfather, Howard Carter stole mine!
Music #3
You took my jewels
You rotten fools
Bring back my treasure
Or you’ll stay forever
Find the secret maps
Before you’re trapped
Bring back my sacred charms
And you will not be harmed
If you want to return in time
Back to the year, 2009.
Queen Hatshepsut: You must find the 6 amulets, if your are to return to the year 2009 and for us to reach the afterlife.
Peter: Will it be difficult?
Vanessa and Valerie: Our adventure won’t be hard but we’ll make yours difficult. (in unison and with a snotty attitude)
Queen Hatshepsut: This will lead you to the rest of the amulets. (hands them a piece of the map)
Music #4
A long time ago
We really didn’t know
About this horrible curse
Can things get even worse?
If Carter did the crime
Must we do the time?
What are we supposed to do?
Off we go to follow through
We must return the charms and gold
If we’re to get home ‘fore we’re old.

Vanessa and Valerie: (they look at the map and the amulet) We WON’T go through dirty, dark tunnels. Like, that is so 2000 BC. (with attitude)
Queen Hatshepsut: Go now on this quest! (loud, impatiently)
Vanessa and Valerie: But there are insects and who knows what else is in there.
Queen Hatshepsut: WE DON’T CARE!!!!! STOP YOUR WINING !!!(really angry)
James: Do as she says or she just might CURSE US ALL!! (nervously)
Peter: I think that I stepped on a spider!
Vanessa and Valerie: Us too, EWWWWW!!
Peter: We’re here! (excited, but nervous)
James: I see a big tunnel with a door at the end.
Peter: Open it! (loud and excited) This must have been King Tut’s tomb.
Vanessa: Whoa!!!!!
Valerie: Like, totally whoa!!!!!
Peter: Hey!! There’s the amulet and there is a map with it. (excited and relieved)
All of the Kids: Next stop, The Valley of the Kings!!!
Vanessa and Valerie: Now we can really be “Valley Girls”!!
Students have travelled to the Valley of the Kings
Howard Carter Jr.: Wow! These cliffs are so hard to climb! (exhausted)
James: Hey! Look in there. I see a body wrapped in old linens. (anxiously)
Peter: Look, there is one amulet beside the mummy. I guess the grave robbers missed that one.
Vanessa and Valerie: Good thing for us! (in unison)
Howard Carter Jr.: This map piece tells us our next destination, The Temple of Dendera.
Students travel from the Valley of the Kings to the Temple of Dendera
The Scribe: Who dares to enter the Temple? I am the King’s scribe and I record the King’s days events.
James: Wow!! A real live scribe. (surprised)
Vanessa and Valerie: Why is there only boy scribes? (curious)
The Scribe: Girls are always working in the house, learning from their mother.
Vanessa and Valerie: That’s unfair! In Canada, we have a Constitution that allows girls to have the same rights as boys. Hooray for Equality Rights!! (snotty and disgusted)
Howard Carter Jr.: Did you see that statue? That’s the Goddess of Hothur. She is the Goddess of Beauty.
Peter: That amulet hanging around her neck makes her really beautiful. Let’s grab it and get going!! (anxious to get out of there)
Vanessa and Valerie: Give us the map. Follow us guys, the map is guiding us to the Nile River, the longest river in the world.
Students travel to the Nile where they are met by a marsh man cutting the reeds from the banks of the river.

James: Why are you standing by the Nile River?
The Marsh Man: I am cutting the reeds to make boats, ropes, mats and paper.
Peter: Can we use your boat to sail down the Nile?
The Marsh Man: Yes, you may. My friend, the sailor will guide you.
Peter: Thank you, we will be eternally grateful.
Sailor: Be careful boys and girls. The crocodiles and hippo’s can be very dangerous. They would enjoy snacking on you fine children.
Vanessa and Valerie: Hey, what’s that attached to the oar?
James: Isn’t that another piece of the map and an amulet?
Peter: Yeah! Let’s get it before the crocodiles do. (excited)
Howard Carter Jr. sees a crocodile and almost falls into the river trying to get the amulet. At the last second, James grabs him. After seeing that Howard and the amulet are safe, the kids cheer! (loud)
Vanessa and Valerie: Pull over there! The clue tells us to see the bird netter. There he is!
Howard Carter Jr.: What do you do with that net, fine sir?
Bird netter: I catch birds with my net. I take them to the village market where I can barter for other things I need. That is the way of Egyptian life.
James: I see that you have an amulet and map attached to your net. Could we please have it?
Before the bird netter can answer, a bird swoops down and grabs the amulet. The students chase the bird and finally retrieve the amulet when the bird crashes into a tree and drops the amulet. The students give the bird to the bird netter as a way of saying thank you.
Bird Netter: Thanks for the bird!! I bestow my best wishes on you. Good luck on your quest! (grateful)
Act 3
Music # 5 - (sung by grave robbers)
Let’s open up the coffin
Let’s see what’s inside
We’ll find good treasures
And precious golden eyes
We take our big bags
And fill them with things
We leave Tut’s tomb
With diamonds and rings
There’s somebody coming
We don’t know who
We turn ‘round to look
But we don’t have a clue!
Peter: Who are those men running up the street with those gold statues?
James: They are the grave robbers that steal from the tombs of the pharaohs. They helped get us into this mess in the first place.
Howard Carter Jr.: I think that they have the amulet that we need.
Vanessa and Valerie: Let’s go, Get them! (loud)
Peter: Wait, I’ve hurt my foot. I must have stepped on something sharp. (whimpering)
James: I think you stepped on the amulet. The grave robbers must have dropped it.
Vanessa and Valerie: Our luck is beginning to change already!! (excitedly)
The students walk into the pyramid where the spirits await them.
Howard Carter Jr.: Now, if we could just put the puzzle pieces together to reveal our final message. (anxiously)
King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut: Thank you boys and girls for helping us. We have waited for this moment for thousands of years.
Music #6 (King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut)
Thank you for the sacred charms
It will keep you out of harm
Howard Carter’s curse is lifted
For this you have been gifted
Now return back to the ROM
Where Mrs. Taylor has waited long
Tell the history of the past
Then this journey will end at last.

As the students put the final puzzle piece into place, a message appears.
All students read the message in unison: Now leave the amulets here alone and go back to the time of your own.
The students reappear at the Rom to find a frantic Mrs. Taylor.
Howard Carter Jr.: Do you feel that?
Vanessa and Valerie: What, Howard? (snotty, impatiently)
Howard Carter Jr.: I feel a huge sense of relief. I think the Carter Curse has been lifted. We did it guys, we really did it!!! (excited)
Mrs. Taylor: Where have you been? I have been worried sick about you!! (mad, but relieved they have returned). What are you talking about? What did you do?
The children reread, like they have been told so many times before, the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone, but this time correctly. In unison, they chant, “We are finally back at last, so we can tell the story of the past.”
All the students begin to tell of the adventures, all calling out at once.
Mrs. Taylor: Please children, one at a time!! (pulling her hair out)
The rest of the students stand with their mouths hanging open, in disbelief.
Student 1: Oh my gosh!
Student 2: Woah, so cool dude!
Student 3: I’m so jealous, I wish I had gone!
Student 4: I’m glad that your family is now free of that horrible curse, Howard.
Howard Carter Jr.: Thanks!! You know what? I think that when I grow up I will study to become a famous Egyptologist and tell the world about the unexplained mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
All Students in Unison: And he did!!
Mrs. Taylor: This has been quite a day, boys and girls. Let’s get back on the bus and go home.
As the students leave the stage, they whine and complain that they want to stay longer and learn more about Ancient Egypt. Mrs. Taylor continues to pull her hair out!

The End !!!!