Incorporating drama into memorization has been effective with both memorization and comprehension. The quotations in Lessons 16 to 30 can be difficult for the children to understand, which makes them hard to memorize as well. We found that even giving concrete examples wasn't enough for them to understand some of the words.

For example, we modified one of the drama exercises from Lesson 6 on page 42 to help us learn the quotation for Lesson 18.

The exercise asks the children to communicate a phrase using only their bodies, as in: Say "I don't understand" using only your eyes.

The quotation in Lesson 18 has a lot of words that aren't familiar to children:

"Bestir yourselves, O people, in anticipation of the days of Divine justice, for the promised hour is now come. Beware lest ye fail to apprehend its import and be accounted among the erring."

They understood the meaning much better when we learned them using the modified exercise:

Say "bestir" with your arms

"anticipate" with your eyes

"apprehend" with your head

"account" with your hands

"err" with your body.