Take-home slipsSong of Solomon 8:7

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:

Song of Solomon 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Many waters cannot ______ love, neither can ___ floods drown it: ___ a man would ____ all the substance ___ his house for ____, it would utterly ___ contemned.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Many ______ ______ quench ____, ______ can ___ ______ drown ___: ___ a ___ _____ give ___ ___ substance ___ ___ house ___ ____, it _____ ______ be ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.M w c q l, n c t f d i: i a m w g a t s o h h f l, i w u b c.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Song of Solomon 8:7

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:

Song of Solomon 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Many waters cannot ______ love, neither can ___ floods drown it: ___ a man would ____ all the substance ___ his house for ____, it would utterly ___ contemned.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Many ______ ______ quench ____, ______ can ___ ______ drown ___: ___ a ___ _____ give ___ ___ substance ___ ___ house ___ ____, it _____ ______ be ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.M w c q l, n c t f d i: i a m w g a t s o h h f l, i w u b c.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Song of Solomon 8:7

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