Choir · Week 9 · Ensemble Sound and Listening
Section Leaders
Students practice leading a short sectional and giving feedback that motivates without embarrassing anyone.
- Students will
- Students develop strategies for leading a short sectional by planning a two minute rehearsal on a four measure phrase and giving feedback that motivates without embarrassing anyone.
- SEL skill
- Lead a group with clear directions and give feedback that keeps trust
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by influencing a group through clear directions and kind, specific feedback.
- Content focus
- Leading a sectional with respect
- Format
- Group roles share
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean communicating clearly, listening, and working with others in ways that build trust. More relationship skills activities
What you get
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Standards
- MU:Pr5.1.E.HSI: Music, Ensembles, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 5 (Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.