Take-home slipsMatthew 7:7-8

How to learn a verseWEB Catholic Edition

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

Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.“Ask, and it ____ be given you. ____, and you will ____. Knock, and it ____ be opened for ___. For everyone who ____ receives. He who _____ finds. To him ___ knocks it will ___ opened.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.“Ask, ___ ___ will ___ _____ you. ____, ___ you ____ ____. Knock, ___ ___ will ___ ______ for ___. ___ everyone ___ ____ receives. ___ ___ seeks _____. ___ him ___ ______ it ____ ___ opened.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.“A, a i w b g y. S, a y w f. K, a i w b o f y. F e w a r. H w s f. T h w k i w b o.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 7:7-8

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

How to learn a verseWEB Catholic Edition

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

Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.“Ask, and it ____ be given you. ____, and you will ____. Knock, and it ____ be opened for ___. For everyone who ____ receives. He who _____ finds. To him ___ knocks it will ___ opened.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.“Ask, ___ ___ will ___ _____ you. ____, ___ you ____ ____. Knock, ___ ___ will ___ ______ for ___. ___ everyone ___ ____ receives. ___ ___ seeks _____. ___ him ___ ______ it ____ ___ opened.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.“A, a i w b g y. S, a y w f. K, a i w b o f y. F e w a r. H w s f. T h w k i w b o.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 7:7-8

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