Maharashtra HSC Persian (MSBSHSE) study materials
Maharashtra HSC Persian (MSBSHSE) study resources

Maharashtra HSC Persian (MSBSHSE) study plan

Maharashtra HSC Persian (MSBSHSE) · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Prose (Nasr) - comprehension, theme, and character/idea analysis & Grammar (Qawa'id) - morphology, syntax, and sentence structure

  • Read each prescribed Nasr lesson aloud twice and write a one-sentence Persian summary of the central theme for every lesson

  • Build a personal glossary of 40 high-frequency prose words with Persian meaning and one original example sentence each

  • Identify and label the subject (mubtada), predicate (khabar), and verb (fi'l) in 20 sentences drawn from the prose lessons

  • Classify 25 words from the lessons into ism, fi'l, and harf, noting the identifying signal for each

Your checkpoint

A 40-word glossary notebook plus a 20-sentence parsing sheet with subject, predicate, and verb marked for each sentence

Week 2

Prose (Nasr) - comprehension, theme, and character/idea analysis & Grammar (Qawa'id) - morphology, syntax, and sentence structure

  • Analyse character and idea development in three prose lessons by listing the author's message and two supporting textual details per lesson

  • Distinguish transitive (mutā'addī) from intransitive (lāzim) verbs across 20 lesson sentences and rewrite five intransitive sentences into transitive form

  • Practise past (māzī), present (muzāri'), and future tense conversion on 15 verbs taken from the prose text

  • Write a 120-word Persian paragraph retelling one prose lesson in your own words without copying sentences

Your checkpoint

A character-and-theme analysis sheet for three lessons plus a 15-verb tense conversion table with answers checked

Week 3

Poetry (Nazm) - appreciation, literary devices, and theme & Grammar (Qawa'id) - morphology, syntax, and sentence structure

  • Recite each prescribed Nazm aloud and mark its rhyme scheme and radīf where present

  • Identify and label five literary devices (tashbīh, isti'āra, majāz, kināya, tanāsُب) in the poetry with the exact phrase that carries each device

  • Explain the central theme of each Nazm in three Persian sentences of your own

  • Parse ten poetic lines for grammatical structure, noting inverted word order and poetic licence

Your checkpoint

An annotated poetry sheet covering every prescribed Nazm with rhyme scheme, five labelled devices, and a three-sentence theme statement each

Week 4

Prose (Nasr) - comprehension, theme, and character/idea analysis & Poetry (Nazm) - appreciation, literary devices, and theme & Translation and vocabulary (Tarjuma wa Alfaz)

  • Translate five short prose passages from Persian into Marathi or English, then back-translate to check accuracy

  • Translate ten couplets into the target language and justify two word choices where the literal rendering fails

  • Memorise 30 vocabulary items shared across prose and poetry, testing yourself with a written recall quiz

  • Write a 150-word appreciation (tashrīh) of one Nazm covering theme, devices, and emotional effect

Your checkpoint

A translation portfolio of five prose passages and ten couplets with back-translation notes, plus a scored 30-item vocabulary quiz

Week 5

Grammar (Qawa'id) - morphology, syntax, and sentence structure & Translation and vocabulary (Tarjuma wa Alfaz)

  • Drill sentence structure by rearranging scrambled Persian sentences into correct word order and explaining each change

  • Apply izāfa construction correctly in 20 noun phrases and mark the izāfa in each

  • Convert ten direct-speech sentences into indirect speech and ten singular forms into plural

  • Translate ten exam-style isolated sentences from the target language into Persian, checking grammar agreement

Your checkpoint

A grammar exercise set of 50 completed items (word order, izāfa, direct-to-indirect, singular-to-plural) with an error log of mistakes

Week 6

Composition and letter/report writing (Insha) & Reading comprehension of unseen Persian passages

  • Draft one formal Persian letter (darkhwāst-nāma) and one informal letter, each following correct salutation and closing conventions

  • Write a 200-word Persian report or essay on a set theme using at least five new vocabulary items from earlier weeks

  • Read two unseen Persian passages under timed conditions and answer comprehension questions in Persian

  • Summarise each unseen passage in four Persian sentences capturing the main idea and one supporting detail

Your checkpoint

Two complete letters, one 200-word essay, and two timed unseen-passage answer sets with summaries

Week 7

Reading comprehension of unseen Persian passages & Prose (Nasr) - comprehension, theme, and character/idea analysis & Poetry (Nazm) - appreciation, literary devices, and theme

  • Complete three full-length timed reading comprehension sets on unseen passages, scoring and reviewing every wrong answer

  • Re-read all prose lessons and write a two-line theme-and-message note for each from memory

  • Re-read all poetry and produce a one-line device-and-theme note for each Nazm from memory

  • Answer five exam-style short-answer questions on prose and poetry in Persian within 15 minutes

Your checkpoint

A scored record of three timed comprehension sets plus a complete one-page revision sheet covering every prose lesson and Nazm

Week 8

Prose (Nasr) - comprehension, theme, and character/idea analysis & Poetry (Nazm) - appreciation, literary devices, and theme & Grammar (Qawa'id) - morphology, syntax, and sentence structure & Translation and vocabulary (Tarjuma wa Alfaz) & Composition and letter/report writing (Insha) & Reading comprehension of unseen Persian passages

  • Sit one full mock paper under exam timing and mark it against the official weighting of all six domains

  • Review every error from the mock and rewrite corrected answers for grammar and translation items

  • Rehearse the revision sheet aloud until you can state theme, device, and key vocabulary for each text without notes

  • Final-check the letter and essay formats and write one practice letter and one short essay under time pressure

Your checkpoint

A completed and self-marked full mock paper with a written error-correction log and a timed practice letter and essay

Milestones

Week 2: Can parse subject, predicate, and verb in unseen prose sentences with at least 80% accuracy and recall 30 of 40 glossary words in a written quiz

Week 4: Can translate an unseen short prose passage and two couplets into the target language with meaning intact, and name five literary devices in the prescribed poetry

Week 6: Can write a correctly formatted Persian letter and a 200-word essay within 40 minutes, and score at least 60% on a timed unseen-passage comprehension set

Week 8: Scores at least 65% on the full timed mock paper, with no domain below 50%, and completes the error-correction log for every wrong item