Take-home slipsPsalm 142:4-5

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Psalm 142:4-5 And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled. I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled. I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And my spirit ___ in anguish within ___: my heart within ___ is troubled. I ______ the days of ___, I meditated on ___ thy works: I ______ upon the works ___ thy hands.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ___ ______ is ___ ______ within ___: ___ heart ______ ___ is ______. ___ remembered ___ ____ of ___, ___ meditated ___ ___ thy _____: ___ meditated ____ ___ works ___ ___ hands.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A m s i i a w m: m h w m i t. I r t d o o, I m o a t w: I m u t w o t h.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 142:4-5

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 142:4-5 And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled. I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled. I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And my spirit ___ in anguish within ___: my heart within ___ is troubled. I ______ the days of ___, I meditated on ___ thy works: I ______ upon the works ___ thy hands.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ___ ______ is ___ ______ within ___: ___ heart ______ ___ is ______. ___ remembered ___ ____ of ___, ___ meditated ___ ___ thy _____: ___ meditated ____ ___ works ___ ___ hands.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A m s i i a w m: m h w m i t. I r t d o o, I m o a t w: I m u t w o t h.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 142:4-5

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