Take-home slipsRuth 1:16

How to learn a verseWEB

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

Ruth 1:16 Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Ruth said, “Don’t ____ me to leave ___, and to return ____ following you, for _____ you go, I ____ go; and where ___ stay, I will ____. Your people will ___ my people, and ____ God my God.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Ruth ____, “_____ urge ___ ___ leave ___, ___ to ______ ____ following ___, ___ where ___ ___, I ____ ___; and _____ ___ stay, ___ ____ stay. ____ ______ will ___ ___ people, ___ ____ God ___ ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.R s, “D u m t l y, a t r f f y, f w y g, I w g; a w y s, I w s. Y p w b 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 verseWEB

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

Ruth 1:16 Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Ruth said, “Don’t ____ me to leave ___, and to return ____ following you, for _____ you go, I ____ go; and where ___ stay, I will ____. Your people will ___ my people, and ____ God my God.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Ruth ____, “_____ urge ___ ___ leave ___, ___ to ______ ____ following ___, ___ where ___ ___, I ____ ___; and _____ ___ stay, ___ ____ stay. ____ ______ will ___ ___ people, ___ ____ God ___ ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.R s, “D u m t l y, a t r f f y, f w y g, I w g; a w y s, I w s. Y p w b 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.