NVO Grade 4 Bulgarian study plan
NVO Grade 4 Bulgarian · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Reading comprehension of literary texts & Literary knowledge: genres, authors, and works studied in primary school
Identify the main characters, setting, and central problem in three short literary passages and state each in one sentence.
Distinguish the beginning, middle, and end of a narrative by marking plot stages on a printed story.
Retell a fable or folk tale aloud in correct sequence using at least five linking words.
Match five studied primary-school works to their authors and genres without notes.
Your checkpoint
A one-page story map for three different literary texts showing characters, setting, plot stages, and lesson or theme.
Reading comprehension of literary texts & Vocabulary and lexical norms: word meaning and usage
Infer a character's feelings from actions and dialogue, citing the exact sentence that supports each inference.
Explain the meaning of eight unfamiliar words from context before checking a dictionary.
Distinguish literal from figurative expressions in a poem and describe what each image suggests.
Summarize a two-page story in no more than five sentences that keep the main events.
Your checkpoint
An inference log of ten entries, each pairing a quoted sentence with a stated feeling or meaning and a one-line justification.
Grammar and morphology: parts of speech and their forms & Language knowledge: phonetics, orthoepy, and spelling
Sort a mixed word list into nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns, and adverbs, and justify each placement.
Form and use the correct plural, definite article, and gender agreement for twenty common nouns.
Apply the main Bulgarian spelling rules for vowel alternation and consonant assimilation when writing dictated words.
Conjugate ten verbs in the present and past tenses and label the person and number.
Your checkpoint
A completed grammar-and-spelling workbook page with 40 items, self-corrected, plus a list of every error rewritten correctly.
Reading comprehension of literary texts & Grammar and morphology: parts of speech and their forms
Answer mixed comprehension questions on an unseen literary text, covering plot, character, and theme, in full sentences.
Identify and label all nouns, verbs, and adjectives in a 100-word literary excerpt.
Explain how a writer's word choice shapes the mood of a passage using two examples.
Complete a timed 20-minute reading-and-grammar set without leaving items blank.
Your checkpoint
A timed practice test on literary reading plus parts of speech, scored, with a written error analysis of every missed item.
Reading comprehension of informational and functional texts & Syntax and punctuation: sentence structure and correct punctuation
Locate specific facts in a short informational text and answer who, what, when, and where questions accurately.
Follow the steps in a simple functional text such as a recipe or notice and restate the purpose of each section.
Identify the subject and predicate in fifteen sentences and mark the sentence boundaries.
Place commas correctly in lists, direct address, and simple compound sentences.
Your checkpoint
A completed functional-text task: a rewritten set of instructions in correct order with punctuation corrected, plus ten parsed sentences.
Language knowledge: phonetics, orthoepy, and spelling & Syntax and punctuation: sentence structure and correct punctuation & Text production: planning, drafting, and editing a written text
Write a five-sentence paragraph on a familiar topic with a clear topic sentence and supporting details.
Revise a draft to fix spelling, punctuation, and word-order errors using a personal checklist.
Edit a partner-style sample text by marking and correcting at least eight planted errors.
Plan a short written response using a simple outline before drafting.
Your checkpoint
One polished 80-100 word text produced through outline, draft, and edited final version, with the checklist attached.
Vocabulary and lexical norms: word meaning and usage & Reading comprehension of informational and functional texts & Text production: planning, drafting, and editing a written text
Choose the correct word among near-synonyms in fifteen context sentences and explain each choice.
Use a short informational text as a source and write two sentences that paraphrase its key fact without copying.
Expand a draft by adding one relevant detail and one example while cutting two unnecessary words.
Proofread a final text aloud and correct remaining errors.
Your checkpoint
A source-based short response of 100-120 words with a marked revision history showing at least five improvements.
Reading comprehension of literary texts & Reading comprehension of informational and functional texts & Language knowledge: phonetics, orthoepy, and spelling & Grammar and morphology: parts of speech and their forms & Syntax and punctuation: sentence structure and correct punctuation & Vocabulary and lexical norms: word meaning and usage & Text production: planning, drafting, and editing a written text & Literary knowledge: genres, authors, and works studied in primary school
Complete two full-length timed mock exams under test conditions and record the score for each domain.
Re-teach the three weakest domains using the error logs from earlier weeks.
Recite genre and author facts for all studied works from memory in under five minutes.
Write one final edited text and one comprehension response within the time limit.
Your checkpoint
A scored mock-exam report by domain with a one-page final review sheet of the top ten recurring errors and their fixes.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 80% on an unseen literary passage set covering plot, character, inference, and vocabulary in context.
Week 4: Score at least 75% on the combined literary reading and parts-of-speech test, with no domain below 60%.
Week 6: Produce a 100-word text with fewer than four errors after self-editing, and correctly punctuate eight of ten sentences.
Week 8: Score at least 85% overall on the final mock exam, with every domain at or above 70% and spelling errors under five.