RBSE SS Urdu Literature study plan
RBSE SS Urdu Literature · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Prose (Nasr) - prescribed textbook lessons, authors, and themes & Urdu script, orthography, and vocabulary
List every prescribed Nasr lesson from the syllabus and write a one-line summary of its central theme for each
Identify the author of each prose lesson and note their era, region, and one other well-known work
Read the two longest prose lessons aloud twice, marking unfamiliar words and resolving each from a dictionary
Build a personal vocabulary log of 40 words drawn from the prose lessons, with Urdu meaning and one original sentence each
Practise writing the difficult letter forms (te, se, je, ze, ain, ghain, qaf) in joined positions, 20 repetitions each
Your checkpoint
A prose lesson chart: lesson title, author, theme, and 40-word vocabulary log with original sentences
Prose (Nasr) - prescribed textbook lessons, authors, and themes & Literary devices, criticism, and appreciation
Write a 150-word summary in Urdu for each prescribed prose lesson without consulting the textbook
Extract three character sketches or thematic points per lesson and support each with a short textual reference
Identify the narrative technique used in each lesson (essay, sketch, short story, biographical note) and justify the classification
Define ten literary terms relevant to prose (mazmoon, afsana, khaka, tanqeed, and others) and match each to a lesson where it applies
Answer five self-written short-answer questions on prose authors and themes under timed conditions
Your checkpoint
A timed mock section of five prose short-answer questions scored against a self-made answer key, with a written error analysis
Poetry (Shayari/Nazm) - prescribed poets, forms, and interpretation & Literary devices, criticism, and appreciation
List every prescribed poet and poem, noting the form of each (ghazal, nazm, qasida, marsiya, rubai)
Write a plain-language paraphrase of each prescribed ghazal couplet in Urdu
Identify the radif and qafiya in each prescribed ghazal and mark them on a clean copy
Explain five common literary devices (tashbeeh, istiara, majaz, kinaya, mubaligha) and find one example of each in the prescribed poems
Recite two prescribed nazms aloud from memory, focusing on metre and pronunciation
Your checkpoint
A poetry analysis sheet covering every prescribed poem: form, radif, qafiya, theme, and two devices with quoted examples
Poetry (Shayari/Nazm) - prescribed poets, forms, and interpretation & Literary history and periods of Urdu literature
Place each prescribed poet on a timeline by birth and death year and by literary period
Summarise the main features of the major periods of Urdu literature and name two representative writers for each
Compare two prescribed poets writing in the same form and write 200 words on how their treatment of a shared theme differs
Explain the historical development of the ghazal and the nazm in Urdu, noting key milestones and representative practitioners
Answer eight objective questions on poets, periods, and forms under timed conditions
Your checkpoint
A one-page Urdu literary timeline plus a 200-word comparative note on two prescribed poets, checked against the syllabus
Literary history and periods of Urdu literature & Comprehension, translation, and composition (Inshaiya)
Write a 250-word Urdu essay on the development of Urdu prose, citing at least three periods and three writers
Translate five unseen Urdu prose passages of 60-80 words each into clear English, preserving meaning over literal wording
Translate five short English sentences into correct Urdu, checking gender agreement and word order
Draft one formal letter and one application in Urdu using correct salutation and closing conventions
Compile a list of 25 Persian and Arabic loanwords common in literary Urdu with their meanings and usage
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of five Urdu-to-English translations, five English-to-Urdu sentences, and one formal Urdu letter, self-corrected against a dictionary
Grammar and language structure (Qawaid)
Classify every Urdu word type (ism, fail, harf) and label 30 words from prescribed texts by category
Change 20 sentences between singular and plural and between masculine and feminine, verifying each against a grammar reference
Convert 15 direct-speech sentences into indirect speech in Urdu
Identify and correct 20 deliberately faulty sentences covering agreement, case markers, and word order
Conjugate ten common verbs across past, present, and future tenses in all three persons
Your checkpoint
A grammar workbook of 100 solved exercises (word classification, number and gender, direct-indirect speech, error correction) with a list of recurring mistakes
Comprehension, translation, and composition (Inshaiya) & Literary devices, criticism, and appreciation
Write two full-length Urdu compositions (essay and letter) in 45 minutes each under exam conditions
Write a 300-word critical appreciation of one prescribed poem, covering theme, form, diction, and devices
Answer three unseen comprehension passages in Urdu with inference and vocabulary questions
Revise the ten literary terms from week 2 and apply five of them in the critical appreciation
Proofread both compositions and log every spelling, grammar, and punctuation error corrected
Your checkpoint
Two timed compositions plus one 300-word critical appreciation, each annotated with a self-correction log
Prose (Nasr) - prescribed textbook lessons, authors, and themes & Poetry (Shayari/Nazm) - prescribed poets, forms, and interpretation & Grammar and language structure (Qawaid)
Take two full-length timed mock papers covering all domains and record the score for each section
Re-read every flagged weak item from weeks 1-7 and rewrite the correct answer from memory
Recite and summarise every prescribed poem and prose lesson from memory in a single rapid revision pass
Drill the 60 highest-frequency vocabulary and grammar items from the personal error log
Finalise a one-page revision sheet of dates, authors, forms, and devices for last-minute review
Your checkpoint
Two completed mock papers with section-wise scores, a corrected error log, and a one-page final revision sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Can summarise every prescribed prose lesson in Urdu from memory and name each author with era, scoring at least 80% on a self-made prose quiz
Week 4: Can identify form, radif, and qafiya for every prescribed poem and place every prescribed poet correctly on a literary timeline
Week 6: Scores at least 75% on a 100-item grammar and translation set and produces error-free Urdu sentences in number, gender, and speech conversion
Week 8: Scores at least 70% overall on two full-length timed mocks, with no single domain below 60%