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Tuzla Canton Secondary Matura study plan

Tuzla Canton Secondary Matura · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Mother tongue: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language and literature & Mathematics

  • Sit a 60-item untimed diagnostic across Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian grammar, orthography and literature, then tally every error by category

  • Drill the seven-case declension system by solving 60 noun, adjective and pronoun forms and correcting them against a grammar reference

  • Re-derive and apply linear equations, systems of two equations and quadratic equations across 30 problems, showing each step

  • Draft a one-page blueprint of the four-part essay response (introduction, thesis, two body arguments, conclusion) with sentence starters

  • Open an error log with one tab per domain and record the cause, the correct rule and a re-test date for every missed item

Your checkpoint

A completed diagnostic with an error-type tally plus a populated error log in which every wrong answer has a written cause and a scheduled re-test date.

Week 2

Mother tongue: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language and literature & Mathematics

  • Write and self-correct 40 sentences testing ije/je reflexes, consonant assimilation and glued-word spelling rules

  • Analyse four short literary texts, one each from lyric poetry, epic narrative, drama and prose fiction, and write a 150-word interpretation of each

  • Solve 40 function problems covering domain, composition, inverse and graph transformations

  • Derive the six trigonometric ratios for standard angles from the unit circle and then self-quiz them to 85% accuracy

  • Answer 30 comprehension items on unseen non-fiction passages under an eight-minute-per-passage limit

Your checkpoint

A portfolio of four 150-word literary interpretations plus a scored trigonometry self-quiz showing at least 85% accuracy.

Week 3

Mathematics & Mother tongue: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language and literature

  • Work through 60 geometry items on similarity, circle theorems, area and volume, and coordinate geometry, drawing a diagram for each

  • Solve 25 probability and combinatorics problems and verify each answer a second way by explicit enumeration or a tree diagram

  • Write two 40-minute timed essays using the week-1 blueprint and self-score each against a four-criterion rubric

  • Repair every open item in the error log from weeks 1 and 2 and re-test each one once from memory

  • Practise 30 grammar-transformation items such as paraphrase, sentence combining and register shifts

Your checkpoint

Two timed essays with completed rubrics and an error log in which all week 1-2 items are marked resolved.

Week 4

Mother tongue: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language and literature & Mathematics

  • Simulate the full domain-1 and domain-2 papers in one sitting with no notes and strict timing

  • Mark the simulation against the official-style marking scheme and rank the remaining weaknesses by marks lost

  • Drill the ten highest-cost error types from the simulation until three consecutive correct answers are produced for each

  • Build a timeline of the syllabus literary periods with one representative author and one representative work for each entry

  • Reproduce every domain-2 formula from memory in a 15-minute blank-page write-out

Your checkpoint

A scored full mock for domains 1 and 2 accompanied by a prioritised weakness list capped at ten items.

Week 5

First foreign language (typically English)

  • Complete four timed reading papers and label every wrong answer with its trap type (distractor, over-inference, vocabulary gap, misread stem)

  • Master word formation, tense and aspect, conditionals and reported speech across 80 transformation items

  • Write three exam-format compositions (discursive essay, formal letter, article) in 30 minutes each and self-edit against a checklist

  • Compile and review a 100-item vocabulary deck drawn only from texts already read this week

Your checkpoint

Three timed compositions with completed self-edit checklists plus a 100-item vocabulary deck reviewed twice.

Week 6

First foreign language (typically English) & Second foreign language (German, Russian, French, Italian, etc.)

  • Sit one timed English section mock and score it against a self-built band descriptor covering task response, organisation, range and accuracy

  • Drill the second language's core grammar, including case or article use and verb conjugation, across 60 items

  • Memorise 150 high-frequency second-language words and 20 set phrases, then test recall on days 1, 3 and 7

  • Write two 120-word second-language texts, an informal email and an opinion paragraph, deliberately embedding the target structures

  • Complete four short second-language reading or listening passages under exam timing

Your checkpoint

A scored domain-3 mock sheet plus two corrected 120-word second-language texts, each containing at least eight of ten planned target structures.

Week 7

Natural sciences elective (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) & Social sciences / humanities elective (History, Geography, elective social science subject)

  • Work through five past-paper-style sets for the chosen natural-science elective, one topic cluster at a time, and log the reasoning behind each miss

  • Draw six diagram-based recall sheets for the science elective and self-quiz them from blank outlines

  • Build a 30-entry cause-and-consequence timeline or term map for the chosen social-science elective

  • Answer four source-based or data-response questions in the history, geography or social-science format using a fixed paragraph structure

  • Re-test all domain-4 vocabulary scheduled for this week so the language deck stays live

Your checkpoint

Two scored practice sets, one science and one social science, each reported with a percentage and a one-line diagnosis of the weakest sub-topic.

Week 8

Mother tongue: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language and literature & Mathematics & First foreign language (typically English)

  • Sit one full simulated matura spanning domains 1, 2 and 3 on a single day under real timing

  • Re-test every flashcard and error-log entry still flagged as weak and retire only those answered correctly twice

  • Write one final timed essay for domain 1 and one for domain 3 and compare both against the week-3 and week-5 rubrics

  • Distil a one-page rule and formula sheet per domain and rehearse each sheet twice from memory

  • Assemble a 48-hour pre-exam revision checklist ordered by marks at stake

Your checkpoint

A complete simulated exam with a per-domain score report and a final 48-hour revision checklist.

Milestones

Week 2: Domain-1 grammar accuracy at or above 70% and domain-2 algebra section at or above 75% on re-tested items.

Week 4: Full domains 1 and 2 mock at or above 65% overall with no section below 55%, and a weakness list of ten items or fewer.

Week 6: English timed mock at or above 70%, and both second-language texts containing at least eight of ten planned target structures.

Week 8: Full simulated matura at or above 70% in domains 1, 2 and 3, with every domain-5 and domain-6 practice set scored and diagnosed.