How to learn a verseKJV with the Apocrypha
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Hear, O Israel: ___ LORD our God ___ one LORD: And ____ shalt love the ____ thy God with ___ thine heart, and ____ all thy soul, ___ with all thy _____.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Hear, ___ ______: The ____ ___ God ___ ___ LORD: ___ ____ shalt ____ ___ LORD ___ ___ with ___ _____ heart, ___ ____ all ___ ____, and ____ ___ thy _____.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.H, O I: T L o G i o L: A t s l t L t G w a t h, a w a t s, a w a t m.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.