Take-home slipsLamentations 3:22-23

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

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

Lamentations 3:22-23 Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Surely the LORD'S ______ are not consumed, ______ His compassions fail ___. They are new _____ morning; great is ___ faithfulness.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Surely ___ ______ mercies ___ ___ consumed, ______ ___ compassions ____ ___. They ___ ___ every ______; _____ is ___ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S t L m a n c, s H c f n. T a n e m; g i T f.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Lamentations 3:22-23

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

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

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

Lamentations 3:22-23 Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Surely the LORD'S ______ are not consumed, ______ His compassions fail ___. They are new _____ morning; great is ___ faithfulness.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Surely ___ ______ mercies ___ ___ consumed, ______ ___ compassions ____ ___. They ___ ___ every ______; _____ is ___ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S t L m a n c, s H c f n. T a n e m; g i T f.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Lamentations 3:22-23

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