Take-home slipsIsaiah 58:11

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Isaiah 58:11 And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And the Lord ____ give thee rest ______, and will fill ___ soul with brightness, ___ deliver thy bones, ___ thou shalt be ____ a watered garden, ___ like a fountain ___ water whose waters _____ not fail.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ___ ____ will ____ ____ rest ______, ___ will ____ ___ soul ____ ______, and ______ ___ bones, ___ ____ shalt ___ ____ a ______ ______, and ____ ___ fountain ___ _____ whose ______ _____ not ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A t L w g t r c, a w f t s w b, a d t b, a t s b l a w g, a l a f o w w w s n f.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 58:11

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

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Isaiah 58:11 And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And the Lord ____ give thee rest ______, and will fill ___ soul with brightness, ___ deliver thy bones, ___ thou shalt be ____ a watered garden, ___ like a fountain ___ water whose waters _____ not fail.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ___ ____ will ____ ____ rest ______, ___ will ____ ___ soul ____ ______, and ______ ___ bones, ___ ____ shalt ___ ____ a ______ ______, and ____ ___ fountain ___ _____ whose ______ _____ not ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A t L w g t r c, a w f t s w b, a d t b, a t s b l a w g, a l a f o w w w s n f.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 58:11

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