Amazing Grace Copywork
Six stanzas of the best-loved hymn in English, set for handwriting practice
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About this printable
A complete, faithful setting of the six stanzas most congregations sing today, formatted for unhurried copywork. Students trace a text that moves from rescue to gratitude to the promise of home, one steady line at a time. Ideal for a slow week of penmanship where the words are worth lingering over. 16 pages, 1/4-inch letters in joined cursive on dashed manuscript lines. Sheets included: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only, Randomized Redacting. John Newton, 1779. Public domain text.
ON THIS SHEET: Amazing grace! how sweet the sound · That saved a wretch like me! · I once was lost, but now am found, · Was blind, but now I see. — 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, · And grace my fears relieved; · How precious did that grace appear · The hour I first believed! — Through many dangers, toils, and snares, · I have already come; · 'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, · And grace will lead me home. — The Lord has promised good to me, · His word my hope secures; · He will my shield and portion be · As long as life endures. — Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, · And mortal life shall cease, · I shall possess, within the veil, · A life of joy and peace. — When we've been there ten thousand years, · Bright shining as the sun, · We've no less days to sing God's praise · Than when we'd first begun. — John Newton, 1779. LETTER SIZE: 1/4-inch. HANDWRITING: joined cursive. SHEETS: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only, Randomized Redacting.
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3 pages from the 16-page PDF, as they print.
A plan for this set
A longer text: give Steps 1, 2 and 3 about two weeks, one sheet a day.
- Days 1–4 Copywork (Step 1). Read the whole text, then copy it exactly.
- Days 5–8 First Letter Hints (Step 2). Write it again with only the first letter of each word as a prompt.
- Days 9–10 Memory Lines (Step 3). Write it from memory on lines sized to each word.
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