Take-home slipsHabakkuk 3:17-18

How to learn a verseASV

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Habakkuk 3:17-18 For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.For though the ___-tree shall not ______, Neither shall fruit ___ in the vines; ___ labor of the _____ shall fail, And ___ fields shall yield ___ food; The flock _____ be cut off ____ the fold, And _____ shall be no ____ in the stalls: ___ I will rejoice ___ Jehovah, I will ___ in the God ___ my salvation.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.For ______ ___ fig-____ _____ not ______, ______ shall _____ ___ in ___ _____; The _____ ___ the _____ _____ fail, ___ ___ fields _____ _____ no ____; ___ flock _____ ___ cut ___ ____ the ____, ___ there _____ ___ no ____ ___ the ______: ___ I ____ ______ in ______, ___ will ___ ___ the ___ ___ my ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.F t t f-t s n f, N s f b i t v; T l o t o s f, A t f s y n f; T f s b c o f t f, A t s b n h i t s: Y I w r i J, I w j i t G o m s.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Habakkuk 3:17-18

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseASV

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Habakkuk 3:17-18 For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.For though the ___-tree shall not ______, Neither shall fruit ___ in the vines; ___ labor of the _____ shall fail, And ___ fields shall yield ___ food; The flock _____ be cut off ____ the fold, And _____ shall be no ____ in the stalls: ___ I will rejoice ___ Jehovah, I will ___ in the God ___ my salvation.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.For ______ ___ fig-____ _____ not ______, ______ shall _____ ___ in ___ _____; The _____ ___ the _____ _____ fail, ___ ___ fields _____ _____ no ____; ___ flock _____ ___ cut ___ ____ the ____, ___ there _____ ___ no ____ ___ the ______: ___ I ____ ______ in ______, ___ will ___ ___ the ___ ___ my ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.F t t f-t s n f, N s f b i t v; T l o t o s f, A t f s y n f; T f s b c o f t f, A t s b n h i t s: Y I w r i J, I w j i t G o m s.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Habakkuk 3:17-18

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.