Treasure in Puget Sound

Treasure in Puget Sound Teacher’s Guide For book Treasure in Puget Sound, Level V Script Level: Grade 4 (Middle) Word Count: 2,552 Script Summary: T...
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Treasure in Puget Sound

Teacher’s Guide For book Treasure in Puget Sound, Level V Script Level: Grade 4 (Middle) Word Count: 2,552 Script Summary:

Treasure in Puget Sound is a fictional modern-day Pacific Northwest adventure. The story will keep young readers wondering, “Is there really buried treasure out there?” Tim Hawkins, now a grown man, retells a story from his youth. With a touch of pirate antics, some bad guys, and high action, students will read right through to the end. They'll also find out the answer to this question: Will Tim tell what he knows?

Objectives and Assessment

Monitor students to determine if they can: • consistently read their lines with appropriate rate and accuracy • consistently read their lines with appropriate expression, including pause, inflection, and intonation • follow along silently and listen for spoken cues

Using the Scripts: • Each role is assigned a reading level according to the syntactic and semantic difficulty encountered. Feel free to divide roles further to include more readers in a group. • Discuss vocabulary and encourage readers to practice their lines to promote fluent delivery of the script. • Have readers highlight their lines on the scripts, and encourage them to follow along as everyone reads.

Vocabulary:

Story words: commandeer, commotion, galley, hideous, hijacked, marooned, mutiny, perceptive, revenge, scoundrel, shimmering, standoff, voyage

Cast of Characters:

Grade 4 (Middle) Narrator (Tim Hawkins as an adult)

Dr. Living

John Gold

Tim Hawkins

Robert Jacks

Ron Gunn

Bones

Captain Elliott

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Cast of Characters: Parts Narrator (Tim Hawkins as an adult)

Dr. Living

John Gold

Tim Hawkins

Robert Jacks

Ron Gunn

Bones

Captain Elliott

Scene 1 Narrator: It was many years ago now, but not so many years that the memory doesn’t give me a chill. I was working late one night at the Lewis and Clark Inn, which my parents owned, when a man came in. He had a hideous knife scar across his cheek, and he carried a large sailor’s chest.

Bones: I’m going to need a room for the night, and I’ll have some rum when I get back down.

Narrator: The man slapped down $200 on the bar, which at that time was a lot of money.

Tim Hawkins: Yes, sir, your room is right upstairs.

Narrator: When Bones came back down, he began to drink, and eventually he grew loud and started to swear.

Bones: And the rabid scalawag threw me down the galley like no more than a sack of— © Learning A–Z All rights reserved.

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Dr. Living: Sir, watch your tongue here in this public establishment!

Narrator: Bones got up and kicked over a chair, and he and Dr. Living stared each other in the eye. I thought there was going to be a fight, but then Bones just sat down again.

Dr. Living: You ought to stop drinking that stuff before it kills you.

Bones: One more rum, boy.

Tim Hawkins: Maybe you should listen to him, sir. You already don’t look well.

Bones: Boy, I want to ask you a favor. If you ever spot a one-legged man coming toward this place, you tell me right away.

Narrator: Bones seemed afraid, so I was curious.

Tim Hawkins: Of course, sir.

Narrator: Not more than an hour later, a man burst into the inn. He was pale and had a large black beard, and he walked with a terrible limp. As soon as Bones saw the man, he jumped up.

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Bones: What the heck are you doing here?

John Gold: I’ve come for what’s owed me, and I’m ready to kill for it.

Narrator: The man pulled a long, shimmering knife from his jacket, and Bones pulled out one of his own. The other customers in the bar scattered toward the walls, and I myself ducked behind a table.

Bones: I don’t have what you’re looking for.

John Gold: Where is it?

Bones: Leave me alone!

Narrator: I heard thumping, chairs breaking, tables knocking over, and people screaming as the men wrestled. Suddenly, the fight stopped. When I looked up again, Bones was on the ground, bleeding from his chest, and the other man was running up the stairs.

Scene 2 Narrator: I could hear the man breaking open doors, looking for Bones’s room. Dr. Living, after seeing that Bones was dead and calling the police, rushed upstairs after him. I followed and found them in Bones’s room. The man was prying open the lock on Bones’s chest. © Learning A–Z All rights reserved.

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Dr. Living: Give it up, mister, the police are on their way.

John Gold: I don’t think I’ll be talking to the police tonight.

Narrator: With that, the man ran to the window and climbed down the fire escape, vanishing into the rainy night.

Dr. Living: Well, he was obviously after something valuable. Let’s see what’s inside this chest.

Tim Hawkins: It’s nothing but some old clothes, a compass, and two pistols.

Dr. Living: I wonder what he could have wanted.

Tim Hawkins: But wait, the bottom of the chest looks false.

Dr. Living: I believe you’re right, Tim. And underneath is . . . money, and it looks new. And what’s this?

Tim Hawkins: It looks like a map. There are three crosses on that island, and it looks as if there are some notes here with the name “Captain Glint” on them.

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Narrator: Dr. Living and I left before the police questioned us. I hated sneaking around and lying to the police, but I knew one man had already been killed for what he knew. Dr. Living suggested we take the map to Robert Jacks, a retired fishing captain who might know the island. More importantly, he was trustworthy.

Dr. Living: We think we’ve found what the murderer was looking for, Jacks.

Tim Hawkins: The man had a big beard, and he walked with a limp.

Jacks: As though he was wearing a wooden leg? I think I know what this map is. If this story is true, and it seems true enough to kill for, then this island could have a lot of money buried on it. During World War II, Captain Glint and his men hijacked a military ship carrying pay for 10,000 soldiers and officers. The ship was disguised as a fishing vessel so it wouldn’t attract attention, and it wasn’t well armed. Glint attacked, took the payroll, and hid most of the money. Eventually, he was caught and put into prison, but he never revealed the location of the money. Almost every crewman from his ship has since been killed.

Narrator: Jacks thought he knew the island on the map.

Jacks: I always thought the tale of Captain Glint was a legend, but it seems true enough. If this map is correct, we’ve got a treasure to find.

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Dr. Living: We’re agreed then. Jacks, you'll plan the voyage, and Tim will serve as cabin boy. He should have a share of the treasure to help repair his parents’ inn.

Narrator: It was every boy’s dream to go on a voyage to search for buried treasure. I couldn’t have asked for a better adventure.

Scene 3 Narrator: The next weekend we were ready to sail on the Spokane, led by an old friend of Jacks named Captain Elliott. Elliott’s crew looked safe enough, except for one man who went by the name of John Gold. He seemed familiar somehow. He was clean-shaven and was missing his left leg from the hip down. He used a wooden leg and a crutch to get around. Plus he had a green parrot on his shoulder.

John Gold: John Gold’s the name, ship’s cook.

Tim Hawkins: Tim Hawkins.

John Gold: Well, you look fit for an adventure. I hear we’re sailing to find some silver.

Narrator: I had thought Jacks was going to keep the money a secret. John Gold seemed to know more than he was supposed to.

Tim Hawkins: I wouldn’t know; I’m just the cabin boy. © Learning A–Z All rights reserved.

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Narrator: I suppose it was silly of me, but I figured that Jacks wouldn’t hire some vicious killer as the ship’s cook. I decided to trust John Gold. Captain Elliott, though, didn’t seem to.

Captain Elliott: I don’t like this crew—not any one of them. Sailing to some strange island following a handmade map and looking for government money sounds foolish to me. The crew has carried too many weapons on board.

Dr. Living: I agree the crew seems untrustworthy, which makes me worry I trusted Jacks too easily.

Captain Elliott: I've got a few men on the docks I trust to help crew the ship. I'll hurry them aboard.

Narrator: We set sail. Somehow, the captain and Jacks were able to find the island, though there are so many islands in Puget Sound, I don’t know how they did it. It was evening by the time we dropped anchor off the shore of a large forested island. We would have to spend the night on the ship and start the search the next day. There weren’t many places to sleep, so I found myself an old apple barrel on deck and settled down in it. But then I overheard John Gold talking to some of the crewmen.

John Gold: I myself served under Captain Glint, and I saw just where he buried the money. I’m a man of opportunity, and I think we’ll be able to get that money for ourselves. We’ll wait until Jacks and Dr. Living find the money and load it on the ship. Once we set sail again, we’ll mutiny and commandeer the ship. Anyone who tries to stop us will be killed. © Learning A–Z All rights reserved.

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Narrator: The other men enthusiastically agreed, and they all went to drink on it to seal the deal. Immediately, I jumped from the barrel and ran to find Dr. Living.

Tim Hawkins: Dr. Living, Captain Elliott, I just overheard John Gold saying he was going to mutiny and take the treasure. He says he used to work for Captain Glint.

Captain Elliott: I had a suspicion about that John Gold. Well, we’ve got two options. We give up now and go back, though I suspect John will mutiny anyway and turn the ship around to find the money. Or we can continue on our mission, get our money, and launch a counterattack when he does mutiny.

Dr. Living: I say we go for the treasure. If John Gold knows where it is anyway, there’s no use turning back now.

Tim Hawkins: But, Dr. Living, Jacks, our lives and the lives of every honest man aboard could be in danger.

Jacks: Like the doctor said, boy, John Gold already knows where the treasure is, so we might as well find it before he does.

Narrator: It seemed as though everyone on the ship was caught up in this treasure hunt.

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Scene 4 Narrator: The next morning dawned rainy and cold as usual. We rowed three landing boats to the island, and as soon as we got to shore, I slipped away from Captain Elliott and Dr. Living. I didn’t want to be around Gold and the other men any longer. The foliage was thick and the ground was rough, but once I was in the forest, I felt safe again. I even started to feel excited about the treasure and the adventure to come. But then I heard something in the forest.

Tim Hawkins: Hello, is anyone out there? John Gold? Captain Elliott?

Narrator: Whatever it was, it seemed to be coming closer and closer. I pulled my knife from my belt, hoping to defend myself, when suddenly a filthy man threw himself at my feet.

Ron Gunn: Please, sir, please take me with you off this terrible island. I’ve been here for years and years.

Tim Hawkins: What? Where did you come from?

Ron Gunn: My name is Ron Gunn, and I was a crewman on Captain Glint’s ship. After we hijacked a military ship and took its money, I wanted to bring some home for my family. But some of the greedy crewmen didn’t want to give up any, so they left me here when they buried the treasure.

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Tim Hawkins: You were on Glint’s ship, so you know John Gold? He’s a crewmember on our ship. We’ve found the treasure map, and we came to get the money.

Ron Gunn: John Gold! That’s the scoundrel who had me marooned here on this island! That greedy killer won’t stop at anything to get the money. The rest of your crew is in terrible danger. But I know exactly where the money is. I believe I know how to get the money off the island, if any of the rest of your crew is honest.

Narrator: Ron Gunn’s plan didn’t seem very intelligent, but I had no choice but to trust him. First, we went to the hiding place and dug up the money. There were twenty chests full of treasure, a million dollars at least. Then we hid the money in a cave, filled the hole, and waited for the other men to come find the original hiding place.

Ron Gunn: When we see them, we’ll throw some rocks at them. When the men scatter, you go and grab the people you trust. If we can surround John Gold in time, we’ll have him.

Narrator: Soon enough, the other sailors came along. The captain, Dr. Living, Jacks, and John Gold were all there, along with some of the crewmen I had heard planning the mutiny with Gold. To my surprise, our plan worked. The men scattered, including John Gold, and I ran toward Jacks, Living, and Elliott.

Tim Hawkins: If we run after John Gold now, we’ll be able to keep the treasure!

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Narrator: Dr. Living kept me from running after Gold right then. Our group all had pistols, and they quickly tied up a group of John Gold’s sailors. But we didn’t get all of them.

Ron Gunn: I’d like to get revenge on that John Gold any way I can. I think we should send the boy after him. I don't think Gold saw him in all the commotion. The boy can act as if he were lost, and that way he’ll distract Gold. Then we can move in and subdue him.

Narrator: I wasn’t sure about this plan. I hated lying, and John Gold was a perceptive man. Surely he would be able to see through me. It took me nearly an hour to find him, but I finally spotted Gold and his men in a clearing, and I came out of the woods, acting tired.

Tim Hawkins: Boy, am I glad I found you. I’ve been lost all morning, and I thought you might leave the island without me. So . . . how’s the search for the treasure going?

John Gold: You were lost, eh? I think you know more than you’re saying, boy.

Tim Hawkins: Honestly, I don’t know anything. I’ve been lost in the forest all morning.

Narrator: At that moment, Gunn, Jacks, Dr. Living, Captain Elliot, and Elliot's men surrounded Gold’s sailors. They grabbed most of his men, but John Gold struck me with his crutch in the scuffle. As I got to my feet, he grabbed me by the hair. Somewhere, I heard gunfire. When the shooting stopped, it was clear that some of the men were down, including Ron Gunn. © Learning A–Z All rights reserved.

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John Gold: Now let’s talk about that money. I’ll give you young Tim here for a portion of it, say, 100 percent?

Dr. Living: No deal, Gold. Let the boy go.

Tim Hawkins: Do what he says! I don’t want to die.

John Gold: Well, then I guess we have ourselves a standoff.

Tim Hawkins: Ron Gunn and I moved the money! I’m the only one who knows where it is now, so if you don’t let me go, you won’t get any of it.

Narrator: John Gold seemed to have been enjoying the tension, but he didn’t sound happy at that.

John Gold: Okay, boy, here’s the deal. You lead me to the money, give me whatever I want, and I’ll let you go. But my conditions are that no one tries to kill me, and I’m allowed to leave the island in one of the landing boats. Do we have a deal?

Tim Hawkins: Please, do what he asks.

Captain Elliott: I suppose we have a deal.

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Narrator: John Gold tied a rope around my waist, tied the other end to his waist, and kept his gun at my back. The men all followed me to the cave, where Gold ordered Captain Elliott, Jacks, and Dr. Living to move the boxes down to the shore. But when we were nearly finished, some of Gold’s men suddenly jumped out from the forest. They must have gotten away during the confusion and gunfire. I suddenly felt a shooting pain in my shoulder. When I looked down, there was a knife on the ground and blood trickling out of my shirt. The rope around my waist had been cut, and John Gold was gone.

Dr. Living: He seems to be okay; the knife just pierced his skin. We’ll take him home and he’ll be fine.

Captain Elliott: But who knows where John Gold went?

Jacks: Or our money.

Narrator: We gathered what little money was left and helped the rest of the crew back on board the ship. When we got back to Seattle, we turned the money over to the authorities, and told them that John Gold was somewhere in Puget Sound with the rest. They gave us a $25,000 reward, which was a lot less than the total amount of the treasure, but it was enough to fix my parents' inn. I was just glad that our adventure with the Treasure in Puget Sound was over, and I was safe back at the Lewis and Clark Inn.

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