WBCHSE HS First Language Urdu study plan
WBCHSE HS First Language Urdu · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Prose (Nasr) - prescribed textbook lessons and authors & Literary history and appreciation - periods, movements, major writers
Read all prescribed Nasr lessons once and write a two-line plot-and-theme summary for each
List each prose author with dates, region, and two representative works beyond the textbook
Identify and note the dominant narrative technique of every lesson (sketch, satire, memoir, allegory)
Build a one-page timeline placing the prose writers within modern Urdu literary periods
Your checkpoint
A handwritten lesson-by-lesson prose chart covering every prescribed lesson, with author facts and technique labels
Prose (Nasr) - prescribed textbook lessons and authors
Draft full answers to six probable long-answer questions from the prose section, each with textual evidence
Extract and memorize eight quotable lines or phrases usable as supporting proof
Practise writing two character sketches from the lessons within a 12-minute limit each
Compare two lessons that share a social theme and articulate the difference in treatment
Your checkpoint
Six completed long-answer drafts plus a quotation bank of eight verified lines
Poetry (Nazm) - prescribed poems, poets and poetic devices & Ghazal and other classical forms
Read every prescribed Nazm aloud and mark rhyme scheme, radif, and qafiya positions
Name and define the poetic devices found in each poem, giving one example line per device
Write a short appreciation note for each poet linking style to the poem's mood
Distinguish the structural rules of ghazal, qasida, marsiya, and rubai with one example of each form
Your checkpoint
A device-and-form table mapping every prescribed poem to its poet, form, and at least three devices
Poetry (Nazm) - prescribed poems, poets and poetic devices & Ghazal and other classical forms
Compose full explanatory answers for four poetry questions, quoting lines accurately
Explain the central idea of each ghazal couplet in the prescribed selection in your own words
Practise scanning a ghazal for beher consistency and note any metrical irregularities
Write one original short appreciation of a prescribed nazm in 150 words
Your checkpoint
Four poetry answers plus a couplet-by-couplet explanation sheet for the prescribed ghazals
Grammar (Qawaid) - morphology, syntax, idiom and correction
Revise morphology: classify words by type (ism, fail, harf) and derive plurals and feminines
Drill syntax rules for subject-verb agreement and correct case marking in Urdu sentences
Correct twenty deliberately faulty sentences and label each error type
Learn thirty idioms and use each in an original sentence
Memorize punctuation conventions for Urdu prose writing
Your checkpoint
A grammar workbook of 60 solved exercises covering correction, idioms, and derivation
Composition and writing skills - essay, letter, précis, translation & Grammar (Qawaid) - morphology, syntax, idiom and correction
Write three full essays in different modes (descriptive, argumentative, reflective) under timed conditions
Draft four formal letters: application, complaint, editorial, and personal
Produce two precis passages reduced to one-third length with an appropriate title
Translate two passages, one Urdu-to-English and one English-to-Urdu, checking register
Re-test grammar weak spots identified in week five
Your checkpoint
A writing portfolio containing three essays, four letters, two precis, and two translations
Reading comprehension and unseen passage & Composition and writing skills - essay, letter, précis, translation
Solve four unseen passages, answering inference and vocabulary questions without a dictionary
Practise identifying the main idea and tone of a passage within three minutes
Write one timed full composition paper under exam conditions
Review and correct every error in the week-six portfolio
Your checkpoint
Four completed comprehension sets with scored answers and an error log
Prose (Nasr) - prescribed textbook lessons and authors & Poetry (Nazm) - prescribed poems, poets and poetic devices & Ghazal and other classical forms & Grammar (Qawaid) - morphology, syntax, idiom and correction & Composition and writing skills - essay, letter, précis, translation & Reading comprehension and unseen passage & Literary history and appreciation - periods, movements, major writers
Take two full mock papers under strict timing and self-mark against the marking scheme
Re-revise the prose chart, poetry table, and grammar workbook in three rapid passes
Memorize the literary-history timeline and five key movement facts
List and repair the three weakest areas revealed by the mocks
Your checkpoint
Two marked mock papers with a final one-page revision sheet of weak points and key facts
Milestones
Week 2: Complete the prose chart and six long-answer drafts, scoring at least 70% on a self-set prose quiz
Week 4: Finish the poetry device table and four poetry answers with accurate quotations
Week 6: Complete the writing portfolio and score 80% or above on the grammar workbook
Week 8: Score at least 65% on both timed mock papers with all sections attempted