Weekly Study Plan

Underline Method

Read through a chapter enough times that you know most of it. Then go back through the chapter and underline every fact or phrase that you are not sure you would remember in a quiz. Study the underlined phrases until you are confident you will remember them in a quiz.

Write Questions

As you read through a chapter, write your own questions. This will help you process the material and think about it in a deeper way than just reading it. It also develops the skill of finishing questions which is needed for pre-jumping.

Study a verse (or passage) and practice coming up with all the question/answer combinations that you can without looking at the verse(s). Then go back and check your questions and answers against the material. You can practice forming questions/answer combinations in your mind or you can write them down to review later. Practice saying them out loud like you would at a quiz. Have someone else ask you the questions stopping at the 5th word (or earlier), so you can practice finishing the questions. When you pre-jump, this will give you confidence that you have the skill necessary to complete the question and answer it.

Question/Envelope System

Write or print out questions on separate pieces of paper or index cards. Get several envelopes and label them: “1) Daily”, “2) Weekly”, “3) Bi-Weekly”, “4) Monthly”. Put all the questions in the Daily envelope. Have someone pull out questions in a random order and have them ask you the questions and stop on the 5th word so that you have to finish the question and answer it. If you get it right the first time, move it to the Weekly envelope. If you get it wrong, then put it back in the Daily envelope. Continue until you have reviewed all the questions. For questions that you missed, go back through all the questions until you have gotten them all right. DO NOT move them to the next envelope. Only move a question to the next envelop if you get it right the first time. Once per week, follow the same process with the questions in the Weekly envelope. Every other week, follow the same process with the questions in the Bi-Weekly envelope, etc. Eventually, you will have many questions that you know very well and only need to review them on a monthly basis. REMINDER: This is only valuable if you have study the Scripture first.

Paraphrase Method

Read through a passage or a chapter enough times that you know most of it. Tell the story in your own words to another person to see how many details you can remember.

Pictures

Draw pictures as you study the material that will remind you of what is in each passage or chapter. If you don’t like to draw, then use computer are. Here are some examples for Luke.

Read, Read, and Read Some More

One way to study is to find some time where you can focus and just read. Set a timer to do 15 or 20 minutes per day or read until you have covered a certain amount of material (like 5 chapters). Try reading out loud with another person (or multiple people) and take turns. You can switch readers on each passage, section heading, chapter, major event/idea change, speaker change, etc. You might be surprised how much you recall just by reading and soaking in God’s Word.

Outlining

Create an outline of each chapter with the major sections/ideas/events. You can added as much or as little detail as you want. The idea is to help remember the main ideas and /or events in each chapter to organize the information in your mind. If you want to expand on this idea, take time to list the major people and places in the outline. This creates a way to quickly review each chapter without having to read it in detail.

Read/Answer Questions

Read a passage and pay attention to the overflow, theme, and details of the passage. Then go back to the beginning of the passage and read the first verse. After reading that verse, read through questions from that verse, or have someone ask you questions for that verse. Keep repeating the questions until you have gotten every question correct. Them move on to the second verse and repeat the process. After you have completed all the verses in the passage, go back through all the questions from the passage and answer them again.