Take-home slipsPsalm 23:4

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:

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Yea, though I ____ through the valley ___ the shadow of _____, I will fear ___ evil: for thou ___ with me; thy ___ and thy staff ____ comfort me.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Yea, ______ ___ walk ______ ___ valley ___ ___ shadow ___ _____, I ____ ____ no ____: ___ thou ___ ____ me; ___ ___ and ___ _____ they ______ ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.Y, t I w t t v o t s o d, I w f n e: f t a w m; t r a t s t c m.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 23:4

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:

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Yea, though I ____ through the valley ___ the shadow of _____, I will fear ___ evil: for thou ___ with me; thy ___ and thy staff ____ comfort me.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Yea, ______ ___ walk ______ ___ valley ___ ___ shadow ___ _____, I ____ ____ no ____: ___ thou ___ ____ me; ___ ___ and ___ _____ they ______ ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.Y, t I w t t v o t s o d, I w f n e: f t a w m; t r a t s t c m.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 23:4

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