Choir · Week 11 · Ensemble Sound and Listening
Hearing Feedback
Students listen to a recording of their rehearsal, evaluate it with shared criteria, and respond to feedback without blame.
- Students will
- Students evaluate a rehearsal recording using shared criteria such as pitch, rhythm, diction, and blend, and respond to feedback about the sound without blame.
- SEL skill
- Give feedback about the sound and receive it without blame
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by separating the sound from the singers and responding to feedback with openness.
- Content focus
- Critiquing sound without criticizing people
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean communicating clearly, listening, and working through disagreements in healthy ways. 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:Re9.1.E.HSI: Music, Ensembles, Responding, Anchor Standard 9 (Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Responding
- 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.
- Harmony in Groups Relationship skillsSmall groups develop a simple harmony for a melody and record it, negotiating creative differences along the way.
- 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.