Take-home slipsMatthew 11:29-30

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:

Matthew 11:29-30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Take my yoke ____ you, and learn ___ me; for I ___ meek and lowly ___ heart: and ye _____ find rest unto ____ souls. For my ____ is easy, and ___ burden is light.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Take ___ ____ upon ___, ___ learn ___ ___; for ___ ___ meek ___ _____ in _____: ___ ye _____ ____ rest ____ ____ souls. ___ ___ yoke ___ ____, and ___ ______ is _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T m y u y, a l o m; f I a m a l i h: a y s f r u y s. F m y i e, a m b i l.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 11:29-30

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:

Matthew 11:29-30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Take my yoke ____ you, and learn ___ me; for I ___ meek and lowly ___ heart: and ye _____ find rest unto ____ souls. For my ____ is easy, and ___ burden is light.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Take ___ ____ upon ___, ___ learn ___ ___; for ___ ___ meek ___ _____ in _____: ___ ye _____ ____ rest ____ ____ souls. ___ ___ yoke ___ ____, and ___ ______ is _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T m y u y, a l o m; f I a m a l i h: a y s f r u y s. F m y i e, a m b i l.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 11:29-30

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