Choir · Week 22 · Musicianship and Rehearsal
Refining Our Compositions
Groups exchange compositions, give feedback using criteria, and refine their work.
- Students will
- Groups exchange short compositions, give feedback using criteria for melody, rhythm, form, and expression, and revise one element based on feedback received.
- SEL skill
- Give specific, kind feedback and respond to feedback with openness
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by giving specific, kind feedback and receiving it with openness.
- Content focus
- Refining compositions with criteria based feedback
- Format
- Group roles share
Relationship skills
Relationship skills are the ways you communicate, listen, and cooperate to build and 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:Cr3.1.E.HSI: Music, Ensembles, Creating, Anchor Standard 3 (Refine and complete artistic 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.
- Harmony in Groups Relationship skillsSmall groups develop a simple harmony for a melody and record it, negotiating creative differences along the way.
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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.