Series

Acting with CJ

6 episodes

Acting with CJ is a short beginner-acting series for kids, hosted by a young presenter who tries each exercise on camera and invites the viewer to follow along. Six episodes each take up one tool of the craft: warming up the voice and switching on the imagination with a magic-chair game, transforming into a character by changing voice and body, giving handmade puppets their own personalities, building a character through body language, a friendly interview with a stunt performer about physical acting, and a calm walkthrough of what to expect at an audition. A playful, do-it-yourself on-ramp to drama.

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what this series covers

What Acting with CJ covers

6 episodes in the library, tagged for 2nd–5th. Heaviest coverage: Theatre. Between them they line up with 7 distinct standards across 1 framework.

Episodes per grade

2nd: 4
3rd: 6
4th: 6
5th: 6

Episodes per subject

Theatre: 6

National Core Arts 7

TH:Pr5.1.3aParticipate in a variety of physical, vocal, and cognitive exercises that can be used in a group setting for drama/theatre work.
TH:Cr1.1.2cIdentify ways in which voice and sounds may be used to create or retell a story in guided drama experiences (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
TH:Cr1.1.3aCreate roles, imagined worlds, and improvised stories in a drama/theatre work.
TH:Pr4.1.2bAlter voice and body to expand and articulate nuances of a character in a guided drama experience (e.g., (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
TH:Pr4.1.3bInvestigate how movement and voice are incorporated into drama/theatre work.
TH:Pr4.1.4bMake physical choices to develop a character in a drama/theatre work.

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