Choir · Week 17 · Music, Culture, and Celebration
Harmony in Groups
Small groups develop a simple harmony for a melody and record it, negotiating creative differences along the way.
- Students will
- Small groups choose a simple harmony part for a given melody, such as a third above or a drone, rehearse it, and record or perform it while negotiating creative differences.
- SEL skill
- State your idea, restate a teammate's idea, and reach a group decision
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by discussing creative differences and reaching a decision everyone can support.
- Content focus
- Harmony in small groups through shared creative decisions
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Relationship skills
Relationship skills are the ways you communicate, listen, cooperate, and work through disagreement to keep healthy relationships. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- MU:Cr2.1.E.HSI: Music, Ensembles, Creating, Anchor Standard 2 (Organize and develop artistic ideas and work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Proficient
More relationship skills activities for Choir
- Choir Is a Team Relationship skillsStudents set ensemble norms for rehearsal and practice giving peers encouraging feedback.
- Section Leaders Relationship skillsStudents practice leading a short sectional and giving feedback that motivates without embarrassing anyone.
- Hearing Feedback Relationship skillsStudents listen to a recording of their rehearsal, evaluate it with shared criteria, and respond to feedback without blame.
- Refining Our Compositions Relationship skillsGroups exchange compositions, give feedback using criteria, and refine their work.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.