Take-home slipsPsalm 30:11

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:

Psalm 30:11 (30-12) Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.(30-12) Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.(30-12) Thou _____ turn for me ___ mourning into dancing; ____ didst loose my ______, and gird me ____ gladness;
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.(30-___) ____ didst ____ ___ me ___ ______ into ______; ____ didst _____ ___ sackcloth, ___ ____ me ____ ______;
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.(3-1) T d t f m m m i d; T d l m s, a g m w g;
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 30:11

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:

Psalm 30:11 (30-12) Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.(30-12) Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.(30-12) Thou _____ turn for me ___ mourning into dancing; ____ didst loose my ______, and gird me ____ gladness;
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.(30-___) ____ didst ____ ___ me ___ ______ into ______; ____ didst _____ ___ sackcloth, ___ ____ me ____ ______;
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.(3-1) T d t f m m m i d; T d l m s, a g m w g;
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 30:11

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