Assam Higher Secondary Skill Subject Advance Manipuri study plan

Map the full Meitei Mayek script (Lonsum Mayek, Lonsum Iyek, Cheitap Mayek, Cheitap Iyek) and write each letter from memory with correct stroke order

Transcribe 30 Bengali-script Manipuri sentences into Meitei Mayek and back, checking against a dictionary for spelling

Build a personal orthography notebook listing 20 commonly confused vowel/consonant pairs and the rule that distinguishes them

Classify 40 nouns and pronouns by gender, number and case, and label each affix used

Conjugate 25 verbs across tense, aspect and person, including negative forms, and record the paradigm tables

Analyse 20 sentences into subject-object-verb constituents and identify agreement patterns

Practise the agglutinative suffixes (case markers, locatives, pluralisers) by building 30 derived word forms

Self-test on grammar with 40 objective questions and log every error with the corrected rule

Construct a timeline of Manipuri literature from early court poetry through the Bhakti-influenced period to 20th-century modern writing, naming at least 12 authors and works

Summarise in your own words the contributions of five major poets and the literary period each belongs to

Identify the main literary movements and explain in writing how each changed theme, form or language register

Prepare 25 flashcards pairing authors, works and periods, and test yourself to 90% recall

Read two prescribed prose/fiction texts and write a 250-word summary of each covering plot, setting and character

Compare the narrative techniques of the two texts, noting point of view, structure and use of dialogue

Link each fiction text to the literary movement it reflects and cite textual evidence

Answer 20 short-answer questions on prose and fiction and correct your own responses against the texts

Annotate three poems for imagery, metre, rhyme and figurative language, labelling each device in the margin

Explain how poetic form and diction differ between classical and modern Manipuri poetry with examples

Write a 200-word appreciation of one poem that quotes at least four lines as evidence

Draft and revise one short original poem in Manipuri using a consistent metre

Outline the history and conventions of a major performance tradition (such as Lai Haraoba, Ras Leela or Shumang Leela) and its relationship to literature

Summarise the plot, characters and staging features of two dramatic works

Collect and retell three folk tales or oral narratives, noting variants and their cultural function

Explain the role of folklore motifs in at least two literary texts you have already studied

Write four compositions (a formal letter, a descriptive essay, a report and a short narrative) of 150-200 words each

Translate eight passages (four Manipuri-to-English, four English-to-Manipuri) and annotate every choice you made

Proofread your own compositions using a checklist covering spelling, agreement and punctuation, and rewrite them

Review grammar error logs from Week 2 and re-test the items you previously missed

Condense all earlier notes into a single 10-page revision digest organised by domain

Take two full-length mock papers under timed conditions and score them using the marking scheme

Re-study every item missed in the mocks and write the correct answer with its reason

Recite from memory key author-work-period facts, five poem titles and three performance traditions