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Play Description:
This 15 minute musical play
can be done as a complete play, skits,
read-aloud, or you can just sing songs. Bring multiculturalism into your
classroom with this short and engaging activity. No music or drama experience
needed. Grades K-3.
Once it was winter all of the
time...
Summer was trapped in a bag inside a tipi at the snow's edge (a very, very
long long way from here). This Native American tale tells how Coyote brings
summer to the world and earns his famous gift of trickery as a reward. Our fifteen
minute musical version of this delightful story from the Crow Nation is designed
especially for K-third grade.
Coyote Steals the Summer is a great complement to your curriculum
resources in elementary language
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Teacher Reviews:
"I love this show. The music is so singable and
the story is fun. When kids
leave for middle school they often say one of the things they remember the
most was being in a play or performing on stage. The kids love this. It helps
them develop confidence and self-worth. And the parents love it."
---Rebecca Anderson, Teacher (K-3), Abia Judd
Elementary, Prescott, AZ
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National Education Standards:
Fulfills National Arts
Standard 3 for Dance, 1 and 8 for music, and 2, 3, and
5 for Theater.
Fulfills National History Standard 4
for K-4.
Fulfills National Social Studies
Standard 1.
Casting:
Flexible casting from 11-40 students.
Use as many Sky Spirits, Oak Trees, etc. as desired.
One student can easily play several roles if needed. Note that all roles
can be played by either boys or girls; see our comments on page 31
of the Teacher's Guide.
Read the Script:
This
is the first one-third of the script:
CHARACTERS:
Storytellers
Sky Spirits
Coyote
Oak Trees
Rabbits
Foxes
Eagles
Tipi Folk
Chorus (comprised of all students who are not playing their role
on stage at that moment)
STORYTELLER 1: Once it was winter all the time. Most of the earth
was covered with snow, and the animals were cold and hungry.
STORYTELLER 2: The Sky Spirits knew that summer was kept locked
up in a bag at the edge of the snow.
STORYTELLER 3: They needed someone to bring summer to the world,
and so they turned to Coyote for help.
(We see the COYOTE enter, shivering, walking slowly. After a few
moments, from the side of the stage we hear the SKY SPIRITS:)
SKY SPIRITS: Coyote, oh Coyote!
COYOTE: Who's there?
SKY SPIRITS: We are the sky spirits. This eternal winter must end.
Will you help us?
COYOTE: What can I do?
SKY SPIRITS: You must steal summer.
COYOTE: Steal summer? I'm tired of being cold, but that sounds hard!
SKY SPIRITS (entering): Yes, but think what great honor you will earn.
Song 1
SKY SPIRITS:
If you steal summer
Think how famous you will be
You'll be known as clever and smart
You'll turn sneakiness into an art.
COYOTE: I don't know if I can...
SKY SPIRITS:
If you steal summer
Think how honored you will be
You'll be respected for tricks that you play
We guarantee fame is coming your way!
You will be the stuff of legend
You're gonna have such fame
Everyone'll want your autograph
Everyone'll know your name.
CHORUS:
Coyote! Coyote!
SKY SPIRITS: Everyone will sing
Coyote! Coyote!
It's got that certain ring.
Coyote! Coyote!
Everyone will sing
Coyote! Coyote!
It's got that certain ring.
COYOTE: Well, I guess maybe I could...
SKY SPIRITS:
If you steal summer
Think how famous you will be
You'll be known as clever and smart
You'll turn sneakiness into an art.
SKY SPIRITS and CHORUS:
You will be the stuff of legend
You're gonna have such fame
Everyone'll want your autograph
Everyone'll know your name.
Coyote! Coyote!
Everyone will sing
Coyote! Coyote!
It's got that certain ring.
Coyote! Coyote!
Everyone will sing
Coyote! Coyote!
It's got that certain ring.
It's got that certain ring.
COYOTE: Yes, I'll do it! I can't wait to be clever!
SKY SPIRITS: Then you must go to the far edge of the forest. There
live the Tipi Folk, the people who keep the summer tied to one of the
poles of their tipi. Good luck. They are very clever, and no one has ever
been able to steal summer from them. (exit)
COYOTE: I can't wait to try my tricks on them.
OAKS (entering): On who?
COYOTE: Who said that?
OAKS: We did, the oak trees. We're so tired of it being winter all the time.
Are you really going to steal summer? Are you that clever? Could it be that
we will feel the warm sunshine on our bark?
Song 2
OAKS:
We are old oaks but we're shaking with glee
You won't discover a happier tree
Please steal the summer as fast as you can
Tell us the details of your clever plan.
Tell us the details of your clever plan.
COYOTE (Spoken-trying hard to think): Um...
OAKS (excited): Yeah?
COYOTE: Um...
OAKS: Yeah?
COYOTE (trying to explain): I'm thinking about it.
OAKS (disappointed): Oh.
OAKS:
We are old oaks and we still have some hope
Let's pray coyote here isn't a dope
You bring the sun and then we'll make the shade
Tell us exactly what plans you have made.
Tell us exactly what plans you have made.
COYOTE (still trying hard to think): Um...
OAKS (excited): Yeah?
COYOTE: Um...
OAKS: Yeah?
COYOTE (desperate): Give me some more time.
OAKS (disappointed): Oh.
OAKS and CHORUS:
We are old oaks and things don't look so good
Go ahead chop us down use us for wood
Build a big campfire for all of the folk
Our dreams of summer have gone up in smoke.
Our dreams of summer have gone up in smoke.
(RABBITS, FOXES, and EAGLES enter, all shivering)
RABBITS, FOXES, EAGLES: Why do you look so glum, Coyote?
COYOTE: Oh, hello animals. I'm supposed to steal summer, but I have
no idea how. Would you help me?
RABBITS, FOXES, EAGLES: We'd love to help. Will you let us? We're
so cold and tired of it being winter all the time. Wouldn't it be great to
have summer!
Song 3
RABBITS :
We are white rabbits
We're dreaming of summer
When snow doesn't cover the ground.
Our ears will be flopping
As we go out hopping
For carrots that grow all year 'round.
FOXES:
We are brown foxes
We're dreaming of summer
We'll lie in the sun all we can
We'll sit by the ocean
And pile on the lotion
We'll sip lemonade and get tan.
FOXES and RABBITS:
We can help
We can help
Tell us what to do.
We can help
We can help
We want summer too.
(This concludes the first one- third of the
script.)
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Song
List:
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mp3 format. Please note that internet
song samples have low fidelity and rest assured that the CDs we sell sound much
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More Teacher Reviews:
"All the students were involved
on the stage---everyone had a part. The children
enjoyed performing and are still singing the songs on bus trips. They had fun."
---June Dudding, Teacher (1st grade), Margaret Leary
Elementary, Butte, MT
"My students loved it -- they
wanted to perform over and over. I really appreciate
the way your shows reinforce ideas and concepts that we are studying. We do
thematic based units at my school, and so many of the topics are done in your play.
There is nothing disappointing about about any of your work in my opinion. Just
keep doing more!"
---Ann Burk, Teacher, (1st grade), Montana City School,
Montana City, MT
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the Play on Together?
If you ask us, we always suggest having just one class put on a play. We
think each kid is
more involved, and we think it's easier for you to deal with a smaller number of students.
But lots of teachers disagree with us.
They've been happily doing the
plays together for years.
In fact, Amy Anderson, the teacher who does four musicals a year
(and she talks about this on our home page) thinks two classes
together is the way to go.
Then what do I need to purchase? Think
of a musical play like a library book.
Only one teacher may "check out" (i.e. put on) the play at a time. If another
teacher wants
to produce the music play that you purchased in a separate production and at a
later date,
you may loan out your original plan and student copies.
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copyright law.
Yikes! Bad Wolf likes to toe the line where Uncle Sam is concerned, so we offer a
discount on the purchase of multiple copies of the play.
If you are 2 teachers putting on the
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book to work with.
* Free bonus: We'll throw in our famed
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