Take-home slipsPsalm 16:11

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Psalm 16:11 They have cast me forth and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.They have cast me forth and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.They have cast ___ forth and now ____ have surrounded me: ____ have set their ____ bowing down to ___ earth.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.They ____ ____ me _____ ___ now ____ ____ surrounded ___: ____ have ___ _____ eyes ______ ____ to ___ _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T h c m f a n t h s m: t h s t e b d t t e.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 16:11

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:

Psalm 16:11 They have cast me forth and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.They have cast me forth and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.They have cast ___ forth and now ____ have surrounded me: ____ have set their ____ bowing down to ___ earth.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.They ____ ____ me _____ ___ now ____ ____ surrounded ___: ____ have ___ _____ eyes ______ ____ to ___ _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T h c m f a n t h s m: t h s t e b d t t e.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 16:11

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