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 !!!!

Script

Act 1

Archeologist1: Finally we’re here from all that travelling in the Valley of the Kings!! (Cleaning the sweat off their foreheads)

A2: Its way to sandy and hot!!

A3: let me go and see that thing, over there!!

A4: oh look it’s a big tomb.

A5: Wow, its pretty dark in this mischievous, dark place! (Surprised and scared of the setting, takes out his flashlight)

A6: Good thing I have my flash light to locate the tomb!

N1: (surprised) Hey look what I found. It’s written in hydrographic.

Nick the archaeologists perspective(solo)

Treasure in the biggest tomb
Looking in the ancient room
Finding things that fasi-nate
throughout the world of fate
Bring it back to present land
revealing secrets of the sand
finding knowledge of the past
In the sands of ti-me

N2: (squinting his eyes) I think I should look at it.

N3: I know I can translate this.

N4: It looks like something of important matter

N5: This is how it begins …

King Ramses: (Proudly states) my people I come to you with sheer joy, the royal family welcomes the heir of Egypt, our son Tut!

KR2: Watch my little Tut rise in the life of truth and hope (tears rolls down his face)

King Ramses(solo)

When my son was born
I saw a ruler inside
Right now I know he will
be right by my side
He will change Egypt
to the best it could be
He can find the way
to his des-tin-y

Baby Tut: (cries in his father’s arms) Wah…

Nubian1: (whispers to his fellow Nubian at the gathering at King Ramses palace) I should destroy Prince Tut, one day he will pay the price.

Nu2: (not convinced by his fellow Nubian) uh… I’m not so sure your idea will work king Ramses has a lot of power I don’t think you can destroy him.

Nu1: (angry at his fellow Nubians’ comment) be quiet my plan will work think before you say something. If you won’t help me I will have to destroy Ramses’ life myself and Ankah will not be amused with your dedication to win Egypt back.

Nu2: Well your plan sounds pretty good (annoyed that he has to listen to his fellow Nubian who won’t be able to do anything without Ankah telling him what to do!)



Act 2


King Tut: (says proudly) I am proud to be the king of Egypt and I promise to not let you down.

King Tut2: (Speaking to the crowd with hand actions to the crowd and then himself) my people I promise to treat you with the respect you deserve just like how my father King Ramses did.

King Tut (solo)

Ramses was a pharaoh
Full of power
he had a son
his name was tut
when tut was twelve
poor king Ramses died

KT3: (Replies in a stern voice) I come to you with a message my servant’s, make sure my father has pots, toys, jewellery, furniture, in his tomb.

Nubian2: (rolls his eyes and mockingly says) I hope he lives up to his promise of running Egypt like his father.

Nu3: (replies to Nu2, sarcastically) I am sure he will, after all it’s King Tut, were talking about.



Stone 1: (makes an angry face) I will not stop till I get the Luxor from King Ramses!

Stone 2: (arms up in the air, shouting) my revenge will finally be complete. With Ankah’s army and my smartness and good looks we will take over Egypt and destroy King Tut!

Stone (solo)

King Tut is such a pest
He won't pass the test
If he doesn't give me the Luxor
he will end up in tar
he always gets in my way
Just give the black land away
he'll be scared out of his pants
once we have Egypt in our hands

Ankah: (rubbing his hands together while talking) I want the Nubian army to take over the Black land near the Nile river. While the army is distracting King Tut, I will attempt to steal the Luxor. Hahahaha!

Soldier 1: We got Stone’s orders now and we’re ready to attack! With so many of or men, we can take them on (says with confidence).

Soldier 2: We’re ready to attack Sir Stone. (Waiting for Sir Stone’s answer)





Ankah 1: Everything is going as planned (rubbing his hands together and a grin on his face)

Ankah 2: I got all the information I need about King Ramses’ tomb. Now I need to inform my Nubian people of this important information (grinning).

Ankah(chorus)

I am in good power
He is in good power
defeat-ing king Ramses
defeat-ing king Ramses
We got the royal Luxor
We got the royal Luxor

Joseph 1: Oh my gosh, I can’t believe what I am hearing! I have to go and inform King Tut of this news right now (shocked and runs to King Tuts’ palace).

Tut 1: I can’t believe my ears Joseph, what are you saying (Looks puzzled and shocked)? I can’t believe Ankah potted this plan against me and my people, to steal the royal Luxor of my father?

Tut 2: Let me go to my fathers’ tomb to check if the Luxor is missing. (Exits with a determined walk).





Act 3


KT1: (Shocked that Joseph was right and his fathers Luxor went missing, Tut exclaims) oh my gosh, my fathers Luxor went missing. The person who took it shall be cursed.

KT2 (Excited he captured Ankah, interrogates him) Ankah, tell me at once where my fathers Luxor is.

Ankah1- I won’t give out any information to you, EVER!

A2: The Luxor is mine forever

A3: Nobody can defeat me, I am the great Ankah.

A4: Once again I have out smartened you.

A5: I will escape when none will expect me to, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

King Tut1: (hands on his face, shaking his head in disappointment) oh no, I can’t believe I got fooled by Ankah.

KingT2- I don’t know how I’m going to help my people; Ankah is a good, manipulating leader and has a strong army.

KingT3- I don’t know what to do? (Confused and frustrated)

KingT4- I think I remember a prayer given to me by the Sun God Amun, let’s see if I can remember it…hmmmm (has his head titled up trying to recall the prayer)

KingT5- I think I know it, or do I? (Confused)

King tut 6- how does it go again? I know it starts with a B.


King Tut1- (kneeling and sobbing at his fathers’ tomb) my father and I come to you in need of help. All of your wisdom does not compare to mine. Father I summon you with this prayer!

Kt2: (Gets up and chants the prayer) boomdaila, boomdiala…

Kt3: (King Ramses and his army come to life, Tut explains the dreadful situation with fear and sadness in his eyes) Father your Luxor has been stolen and Egypt is in danger, I don’t know what to do?

KR1: (King Ramses is clam and replies to his son’s plead for help) my son your prayer have worked… I’m alive! I am also furious that my Luxor has been stolen that I promise you I will get it back. I will not let Egypt be harmed by anyone! I promise you this!

King Ramses solo

Here my journey starts
I come back to life
To get my Luxor
I will not stop
Till I get my Luxor
I'll hold it in my hands
Till the end of time

KR2: (chorus sung by King Ramses and his army and King Ramses says after the chorus) Ankah will suffer daunting consequences

King Ramses army chorus

we stand for the king
He'll rule us live or died
we’ll protect the king
if it's the last thing we do
now were off to help

KR3: My army will take him down. (Off King Ramses goes with his army to Nubia, determined to win and defeat Stone and Ankah once and for all)

Ramses (chorus)

I rise from the dead
my blood is all red
my army is all ready
Stones army will be crying
my army is great
and we have faith
Stone thinks he is so great
but he can't beat a grape

KR4-(Once they have reached Nubia King Ramses says) Ankah and his army made a big mistake by taking my Luxor. (King Ramses and his army defeat Ankah and his army and take Ankah back to Egypt)
KR5: You should have know not to mess with us, we Egyptians are a smart and strong nation that no one can take advantage of, now you will be imprisoned for life by my son, Tut! (Put’s Ankah onto a camel and tries his hands with ropes and his mouth with cloth so his is unable to talk)