NVO Grade 7 Bulgarian study materials
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NVO Grade 7 Bulgarian study plan

NVO Grade 7 Bulgarian · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Reading comprehension of informational and literary texts (Работа с текст)

  • Identify the main idea and supporting details in three informational texts of 400-600 words each, underlining the topic sentence of every paragraph.

  • Distinguish fact from opinion in short journalistic passages and justify each classification with a quoted phrase.

  • Summarize a literary excerpt in five sentences without copying more than three consecutive words from the source.

  • Build a personal glossary of 20 text-analysis terms (тема, идея, композиция, сюжет) with a one-line definition for each.

Your checkpoint

A one-page annotated summary of two texts (one informational, one literary) plus the 20-term glossary.

Week 2

Reading comprehension of informational and literary texts (Работа с текст) & Language norms: orthography, punctuation, grammar (Езикови норми)

  • Answer 15 multiple-choice comprehension questions on unseen passages and write a short justification for each chosen option.

  • Apply the rules for writing не and ни separately and together by correcting a 30-item error set with at least 90% accuracy.

  • Locate the main clause and subordinate clauses in ten complex sentences from the week's reading passages.

Your checkpoint

A corrected error set with a written rule note for every mistake made.

Week 3

Language norms: orthography, punctuation, grammar (Езикови норми)

  • Master the punctuation rules for comma placement before да, че, за да and in front of relative clauses, scoring 85% or higher on a 40-sentence drill.

  • Apply capitalization rules for proper nouns, titles, and sentence starts in a 200-word rewrite.

  • Spell correctly the 40 most frequently tested vocabulary items, verified by a self-dictation with fewer than four errors.

  • Explain in writing why each of five commonly confused word pairs (например, път/пътя) takes a particular form.

Your checkpoint

A 40-sentence punctuation and spelling test, self-graded, with a list of the rules still shaky.

Week 4

Language norms: orthography, punctuation, grammar (Езикови норми) & Morphology and syntax (Морфология и синтаксис)

  • Identify all eight parts of speech in a 150-word passage and label each with its grammatical category and gender or number where relevant.

  • Conjugate 20 verbs in the present, aorist, and imperfect tenses with correct personal endings.

  • Parse ten noun phrases for gender, number, definiteness, and case function.

  • Correct subject-verb agreement in 25 sentences containing compound or quantified subjects.

Your checkpoint

A morphology worksheet (parts of speech, verb tables, agreement corrections) completed and checked against a reference grammar.

Week 5

Morphology and syntax (Морфология и синтаксис) & Lexicology, phraseology, and word formation (Лексика и словообразуване)

  • Classify 30 sentences by structure (simple, compound, complex) and mark every clause boundary.

  • Transform ten active sentences into passive and ten direct-speech sentences into reported speech.

  • Break 25 words into prefix, root, and suffix, and name the word-formation pattern used.

  • Match 15 idioms to their meanings and use each in an original sentence that makes the meaning clear from context.

Your checkpoint

A syntax-and-word-formation portfolio: clause diagrams, transformations, and an idiom usage sheet.

Week 6

Literature: literary history, theory, and interpretation (Литература)

  • Place ten major Bulgarian literary periods and authors on a timeline with two representative works each.

  • Define 15 literary devices (метафора, епитет, хипербола, алегория) and find one example of each in the assigned readings.

  • Write a 250-word interpretation of a short poem, connecting form to meaning with at least three quoted lines.

  • Compare two characters from a studied narrative and state the theme each embodies.

Your checkpoint

A timeline poster plus a 250-word interpretive paragraph on one poem.

Week 7

Literature: literary history, theory, and interpretation (Литература) & Written production: essay or interpretive text (Създаване на текст)

  • Draft a 350-word interpretive essay with a clear thesis, three body paragraphs, and textual evidence in each.

  • Revise the draft for cohesion using five linking devices and cut every sentence that does not support the thesis.

  • Self-assess the essay against a four-criterion rubric (thesis, evidence, structure, language) and rewrite the weakest paragraph.

Your checkpoint

A revised 350-word interpretive essay with the marked-up first draft attached.

Week 8

Reading comprehension of informational and literary texts (Работа с текст) & Language norms: orthography, punctuation, grammar (Езикови норми) & Lexicology, phraseology, and word formation (Лексика и словообразуване) & Morphology and syntax (Морфология и синтаксис) & Literature: literary history, theory, and interpretation (Литература) & Written production: essay or interpretive text (Създаване на текст)

  • Complete two full-length timed practice tests and score at least 80% on each domain section.

  • Review every missed item and write the underlying rule or reading strategy beside it.

  • Recite from memory the punctuation, spelling, and morphology rules that caused repeated errors.

  • Write one 30-minute essay under exam conditions and check it against the rubric.

Your checkpoint

A final error log with rules restated in your own words and both practice-test scores recorded.

Milestones

Week 4: Score 80% or higher on a self-made 50-item language-norms quiz covering orthography, punctuation, and morphology; any rule below 70% goes back into the week 5 warm-up.

Week 6: Explain aloud, without notes, the plot and theme of two studied literary works and identify three devices in each.

Week 8: Achieve 80% or higher on both timed practice tests and submit a complete error log showing every recurring mistake paired with its rule.