UPMSP Intermediate Odia - Code 110 study plan
UPMSP Intermediate Odia - Code 110 · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Prose (Gadya) - prescribed Odia prose lessons: comprehension, theme, character, and language & Odia grammar and language usage (Byakarana): sandhi, samasa, karaka, vibhakti, transformation
Read each prescribed prose lesson (Gadya) once aloud and write a five-line summary in Odia for every lesson
List the central theme and main characters of each prose lesson in a two-column table
Revise sandhi rules (svara, vyanjana, visarga) and solve 30 sandhi-splitting and sandhi-joining items
Mark unfamiliar words from the prose lessons in a personal glossary with Odia meanings
Your checkpoint
A notebook with one-page Odia summaries of all prescribed prose lessons plus a solved 30-item sandhi worksheet
Prose (Gadya) - prescribed Odia prose lessons: comprehension, theme, character, and language & Odia grammar and language usage (Byakarana): sandhi, samasa, karaka, vibhakti, transformation
Analyse character sketches and author's message for each prose lesson in 8-10 Odia sentences
Answer 20 prose comprehension questions in writing under timed conditions
Master samasa types (dvandva, tatpurusha, bahubrihi, avyayibhava, karmadharaya) and classify 40 given compounds
Identify karaka and vibhakti in 25 sentences drawn from the prose texts
Your checkpoint
A timed prose answer script of 20 questions scored against the textbook, plus a 40-item samasa classification chart
Poetry (Padya) - prescribed Odia poems: rasa, alankara, chhanda, and central idea & History of Odia literature and literary appreciation: authors, periods, and major works
Recite and annotate every prescribed poem (Padya), noting rasa, alankara and chhanda for each
Write the central idea of each poem in 6-8 Odia sentences from memory
Build a timeline of Odia literary periods (Old, Medieval, Modern) with two authors and one work per period
Match 25 authors to their major works and periods in a self-made quiz
Your checkpoint
A poem-by-poem table covering rasa, alankara, chhanda and central idea for all prescribed poems, plus a completed author-work-period timeline
Poetry (Padya) - prescribed Odia poems: rasa, alankara, chhanda, and central idea & History of Odia literature and literary appreciation: authors, periods, and major works & Vocabulary and word formation: synonyms, antonyms, idioms (laghubakya), and phrase usage
Explain alankara figures (upama, rupaka, anuprasa, utpreksha, atishayokti) with one example from each prescribed poem
Scan and identify chhanda patterns (matra and akshara counts) in five prescribed verses
Write short appreciations of two poems using a fixed four-part structure
Learn 40 laghubakya (idioms) and use 20 of them in original Odia sentences
Your checkpoint
A half-length mock answer sheet on poetry and literary history (rasa, alankara, chhanda, authors, periods) scored by self-evaluation
Vocabulary and word formation: synonyms, antonyms, idioms (laghubakya), and phrase usage & Odia grammar and language usage (Byakarana): sandhi, samasa, karaka, vibhakti, transformation
Compile 60 synonym-antonym pairs and test recall in three self-quizzes
Complete 40 sentence-transformation exercises (affirmative-negative, direct-indirect, active-passive, simple-complex)
Use 25 idioms and phrases correctly in context sentences
Review all grammar errors from weeks 1-4 and rewrite the corrected answers
Your checkpoint
A vocabulary notebook of 60 synonym-antonym pairs and 40 solved transformation sentences, with an error-correction log
Composition and applied writing: essay, letter, report, and précis writing & Unseen passage (Apathita Gadya) - comprehension and inference
Write three full essays in Odia on current and literary topics within 30 minutes each
Draft two formal letters and one report in prescribed Odia format
Produce two precis passages reducing each to one-third length with a suitable title
Practise four unseen passages (Apathita Gadya) answering comprehension and inference questions
Your checkpoint
A writing portfolio containing three essays, two letters, one report, two precis pieces and four solved unseen passages
Composition and applied writing: essay, letter, report, and précis writing & Unseen passage (Apathita Gadya) - comprehension and inference & Prose (Gadya) - prescribed Odia prose lessons: comprehension, theme, character, and language
Revise all prose lessons by re-reading summaries and answering 10 recall questions per lesson
Write two more essays and one report under strict exam timing
Solve three unseen passages focusing on inference and vocabulary-in-context questions
Draft a personal list of common mistakes in composition and comprehension to avoid
Your checkpoint
Two timed essays, one timed report and three solved unseen passages with a written mistake-checklist
Prose (Gadya) - prescribed Odia prose lessons: comprehension, theme, character, and language & Poetry (Padya) - prescribed Odia poems: rasa, alankara, chhanda, and central idea & Odia grammar and language usage (Byakarana): sandhi, samasa, karaka, vibhakti, transformation & Vocabulary and word formation: synonyms, antonyms, idioms (laghubakya), and phrase usage & Composition and applied writing: essay, letter, report, and précis writing & Unseen passage (Apathita Gadya) - comprehension and inference & History of Odia literature and literary appreciation: authors, periods, and major works
Take two full-length mock papers under exam conditions and score them honestly
Revisit weak areas flagged by the mocks across all seven domains
Recite key poems and re-check rasa, alankara and chhanda notes
Revise the idiom list, sandhi-samasa rules and author timeline in the final three days
Your checkpoint
Two completed and self-scored full-length mock papers with a one-page revision sheet of weak areas
Milestones
Week 4: Score at least 60% on the poetry and literary-history mock, and correctly identify rasa, alankara and chhanda for at least 80% of prescribed poems
Week 6: Complete the writing portfolio with all essays, letters, report and precis within time limits, and answer at least 70% of unseen-passage questions correctly
Week 8: Score at least 65% on both full-length mock papers with no domain below 50%