Take-home slipsProverbs 31:8-9

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Proverbs 31:8-9 Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass. Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass. Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Open thy mouth ___ the dumb, and ___ the causes of ___ the children that ____. Open thy mouth, ______ that which is ____, and do justice ___ the needy and ____.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Open ___ _____ for ___ ____, and ___ ___ causes ___ ___ the ______ ____ pass. ____ ___ mouth, ______ ____ which ___ ____, and ___ ______ to ___ _____ and ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.O t m f t d, a f t c o a t c t p. O t m, d t w i j, a d j t t n a p.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Proverbs 31:8-9

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:

Proverbs 31:8-9 Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass. Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass. Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Open thy mouth ___ the dumb, and ___ the causes of ___ the children that ____. Open thy mouth, ______ that which is ____, and do justice ___ the needy and ____.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Open ___ _____ for ___ ____, and ___ ___ causes ___ ___ the ______ ____ pass. ____ ___ mouth, ______ ____ which ___ ____, and ___ ______ to ___ _____ and ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.O t m f t d, a f t c o a t c t p. O t m, d t w i j, a d j t t n a p.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Proverbs 31:8-9

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