Take-home slipsPsalm 25:4-5

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Psalm 25:4-5 I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things. I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things. I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.I have not ___ with the council ___ vanity: neither will ___ go in with ___ doers of unjust ______. I have hated ___ assembly of the ______; and with the ______ I will not ___.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.I ____ ___ sat ____ ___ council ___ ______: neither ____ ___ go ___ ____ the _____ ___ unjust ______. ___ have _____ ___ assembly ___ ___ malignant; ___ ____ the ______ ___ will ___ ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I h n s w t c o v: n w I g i w t d o u t. I h h t a o t m; a w t w I w n s.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 25:4-5

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 25:4-5 I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things. I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things. I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.I have not ___ with the council ___ vanity: neither will ___ go in with ___ doers of unjust ______. I have hated ___ assembly of the ______; and with the ______ I will not ___.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.I ____ ___ sat ____ ___ council ___ ______: neither ____ ___ go ___ ____ the _____ ___ unjust ______. ___ have _____ ___ assembly ___ ___ malignant; ___ ____ the ______ ___ will ___ ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I h n s w t c o v: n w I g i w t d o u t. I h h t a o t m; a w t w I w n s.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 25:4-5

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