Take-home slipsRuth 1:16

How to learn a verseLSV

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

Ruth 1:16 And Ruth says, “Do not urge me to leave you—to turn back from after you; for to where you go I go, and where you lodge I lodge; your people [is] my people, and your God my God.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And Ruth says, “Do not urge me to leave you—to turn back from after you; for to where you go I go, and where you lodge I lodge; your people [is] my people, and your God my God.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And Ruth says, “___ not urge me ___ leave you—to ____ back from after ___; for to where ___ go I go, ___ where you lodge ___ lodge; your people [___] my people, and ____ God my God.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ____ ____, “Do ___ ____ me ___ _____ you—___ ____ back ____ _____ you; ___ ___ where ___ ___ I ___, ___ where ___ _____ I _____; ____ people [___] ___ people, ___ ____ God ___ ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A R s, “D n u m t l y—t t b f a y; f t w y g I g, a w y l I l; y p [i] m p, a y G m G.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Ruth 1:16

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

How to learn a verseLSV

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

Ruth 1:16 And Ruth says, “Do not urge me to leave you—to turn back from after you; for to where you go I go, and where you lodge I lodge; your people [is] my people, and your God my God.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And Ruth says, “Do not urge me to leave you—to turn back from after you; for to where you go I go, and where you lodge I lodge; your people [is] my people, and your God my God.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And Ruth says, “___ not urge me ___ leave you—to ____ back from after ___; for to where ___ go I go, ___ where you lodge ___ lodge; your people [___] my people, and ____ God my God.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ____ ____, “Do ___ ____ me ___ _____ you—___ ____ back ____ _____ you; ___ ___ where ___ ___ I ___, ___ where ___ _____ I _____; ____ people [___] ___ people, ___ ____ God ___ ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A R s, “D n u m t l y—t t b f a y; f t w y g I g, a w y l I l; y p [i] m p, a y G m G.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Ruth 1:16

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