ASSEB HSLC Elective Santhali study plan

Read one unseen Santhali prose passage of 300–400 words daily and mark its main idea in one sentence

Build a personal glossary of 40 unfamiliar Santhali words drawn from those passages, each with a Santhali synonym or antonym

Practise skimming a passage in two minutes to state topic, tone, and purpose before answering detail questions

Answer five inference questions per passage and write down the exact sentence in the text that supports each answer

Complete six timed unseen passages in 12 minutes each and score them against a self-made answer key

Identify and record 25 Santhali idioms (kotha-bhab) met in reading, with a one-line meaning and an original example sentence for each

Distinguish fact, opinion, and inference in three passages by labelling each sentence type

Summarise two passages to roughly one-third length without losing key details

Outline each prescribed prose lesson: author, central theme, and three supporting textual details per lesson

Memorise 30 key Santhali words and phrases that recur across the prose lessons, with their meanings in context

Draft two-sentence character sketches for the main figures in each prescribed prose piece

Match ten thematic statements to the correct prose lesson without consulting the book

Write short answers to 15 probable prose questions, each in 40–60 Santhali words

Read each prescribed poem aloud twice and note its central emotion and message in two lines

Identify the speaker and setting of every prescribed poem from memory

Compare two prose lessons that share a theme and state the difference in treatment in 80 words

Name the poet and title for each prescribed poem and state one biographical detail that shapes its reading

Locate and label at least three figures of speech (upama, rupaka, anuprasa, atishayokti) in each prescribed poem with the exact line

Explain how imagery and repetition build the poem's mood in a 100-word Santhali note per poem

Paraphrase two difficult stanzas into plain Santhali prose without losing meaning

Work through 20 sandhi and 20 samas examples, writing the split form or combined form correctly each time

Identify karak (case relations) in 25 sentences by labelling the karta, karma, and karan

Convert 20 sentences across tense, voice, and negation in Santhali and check each against a grammar reference

Write a 120-word appreciation of one prescribed poem using at least two correctly named figures of speech

Write three full essays of 250–300 Santhali words on current and reflective topics under 35-minute timing

Draft four letters: formal application, complaint, invitation, and personal letter, each with correct salutation and closing

Produce two applied-writing pieces such as a notice and a report in Santhali with correct format

Proofread each draft for agreement, karak marking, and spelling, listing every correction made

Take two full-length timed mock papers covering all seven domains and score each section separately

Revisit every logged error from weeks 1–7 and rewrite the correct answer from memory

Recite and annotate all prescribed poems once more, confirming poet, theme, and figures of speech

Revise the glossary, idiom list, and prose summary sheets in three rapid passes