Take-home slipsMatthew 22:37-39

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Jesus said to ___: Thou shalt love ___ Lord thy God ____ thy whole heart, ___ with thy whole ____, and with thy _____ mind. This is ___ greatest and the _____ commandment. And the ______ is like to ____: Thou shalt love ___ neighbor as thyself.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Jesus ____ ___ him: ____ _____ love ___ ____ thy ___ ____ thy _____ _____, and ____ ___ whole ____, ___ with ___ _____ mind. ____ ___ the ______ ___ the _____ ______. And ___ ______ is ____ ___ this: ____ _____ love ___ ______ as ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.J s t h: T s l t L t G w t w h, a w t w s, a w t w m. T i t g a t f c. A t s i l t t: T s l t n a t.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 22:37-39

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:

Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Jesus said to ___: Thou shalt love ___ Lord thy God ____ thy whole heart, ___ with thy whole ____, and with thy _____ mind. This is ___ greatest and the _____ commandment. And the ______ is like to ____: Thou shalt love ___ neighbor as thyself.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Jesus ____ ___ him: ____ _____ love ___ ____ thy ___ ____ thy _____ _____, and ____ ___ whole ____, ___ with ___ _____ mind. ____ ___ the ______ ___ the _____ ______. And ___ ______ is ____ ___ this: ____ _____ love ___ ______ as ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.J s t h: T s l t L t G w t w h, a w t w s, a w t w m. T i t g a t f c. A t s i l t t: T s l t n a t.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 22:37-39

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