Take-home slipsIsaiah 40:31

How to learn a verseKJV with the Apocrypha

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

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But they that ____ upon the LORD _____ renew their strength; ____ shall mount up ____ wings as eagles; ____ shall run, and ___ be weary; and ____ shall walk, and ___ faint.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But ____ ____ wait ____ ___ LORD _____ _____ their ______; ____ shall _____ ___ with _____ ___ eagles; ____ _____ run, ___ ___ be _____; ___ they _____ ____, and ___ _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B t t w u t L s r t s; t s m u w w a e; t s r, a n b w; a t s w, a n f.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 40:31

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

How to learn a verseKJV with the Apocrypha

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

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But they that ____ upon the LORD _____ renew their strength; ____ shall mount up ____ wings as eagles; ____ shall run, and ___ be weary; and ____ shall walk, and ___ faint.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But ____ ____ wait ____ ___ LORD _____ _____ their ______; ____ shall _____ ___ with _____ ___ eagles; ____ _____ run, ___ ___ be _____; ___ they _____ ____, and ___ _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B t t w u t L s r t s; t s m u w w a e; t s r, a n b w; a t s w, a n f.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 40:31

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