Take-home slipsPsalm 100:4-5

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Psalm 100:4-5 The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know. The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know. The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.The perverse heart ___ not cleave to ___: and the malignant, ____ turned aside from ___, I would not ____. The man that ___ private detracted his ______, him did I ______. With him that ___ a proud eye, ___ an unsatiable heart, ___ would not eat.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.The ______ _____ did ___ ______ to ___: ___ the ______, ____ turned _____ ____ me, ___ _____ not ____. ___ man ____ ___ private ______ ___ neighbour, ___ ___ I ______. ____ him ____ ___ a _____ ___, and ___ ______ heart, ___ _____ not ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T p h d n c t m: a t m, t t a f m, I w n k. T m t i p d h n, h d I p. W h t h a p e, a a u h, I w n e.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 100:4-5

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:

Psalm 100:4-5 The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know. The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know. The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.The perverse heart ___ not cleave to ___: and the malignant, ____ turned aside from ___, I would not ____. The man that ___ private detracted his ______, him did I ______. With him that ___ a proud eye, ___ an unsatiable heart, ___ would not eat.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.The ______ _____ did ___ ______ to ___: ___ the ______, ____ turned _____ ____ me, ___ _____ not ____. ___ man ____ ___ private ______ ___ neighbour, ___ ___ I ______. ____ him ____ ___ a _____ ___, and ___ ______ heart, ___ _____ not ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T p h d n c t m: a t m, t t a f m, I w n k. T m t i p d h n, h d I p. W h t h a p e, a a u h, I w n e.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 100:4-5

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