WBCHSE HS First Language Urdu study materials
WBCHSE HS First Language Urdu study resources

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

Week 1

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

Week 2

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

Week 3

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

Week 4

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

Week 5

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

Week 6

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

Week 7

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

Week 8

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