WBCHSE HS Persian study materials
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WBCHSE HS Persian study plan

WBCHSE HS Persian · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Prose (Nasr) - prescribed texts: comprehension, theme, character and style & Grammar (Qawa'id) - morphology, syntax, verb forms and sentence construction

  • Read each prescribed Nasr prose lesson aloud twice and write a one-paragraph Persian summary of each lesson's central theme without looking at the text

  • Build a personal glossary of 60 prose-text words (nouns, adjectives, verbal nouns) with Bengali/English meanings and one original Persian example sentence each

  • Conjugate 20 verbs that appear in the prose lessons across past simple, present, and subjunctive forms in a written table

  • Identify and list the main and subordinate clauses in five long sentences taken from the prose lessons, labelling each clause type

  • Draft short character sketches of two central figures in the prescribed prose, each 80-100 Persian words, citing one textual detail per claim

Your checkpoint

A handwritten notebook of eight prose summaries, a 60-entry glossary, and two 80-100-word character sketches in Persian

Week 2

Prose (Nasr) - prescribed texts: comprehension, theme, character and style & Grammar (Qawa'id) - morphology, syntax, verb forms and sentence construction

  • Explain the theme of each prescribed prose lesson in 100-120 Persian words, using at least three vocabulary items from the week-1 glossary per answer

  • Analyse the author's style in two lessons by marking rhetorical features (repetition, simile, direct address) and writing one sentence of commentary on each feature

  • Drill the Arabic-derived broken plurals and sound plurals occurring in the prose lessons, writing 25 singular-plural pairs from memory

  • Convert ten direct-speech sentences from the prose texts into reported speech in Persian

  • Answer three unseen short-answer questions on the prose lessons in full Persian sentences within a 15-minute timed sitting

Your checkpoint

Eight theme essays of 100-120 Persian words each plus a marked-up style-analysis sheet and a 25-pair plural drill sheet

Week 3

Poetry (Nazm) - prescribed texts: comprehension, theme, poetic devices and explanation & Grammar (Qawa'id) - morphology, syntax, verb forms and sentence construction

  • Memorise and recite each prescribed Nazm poem, then write a line-by-line prose rendering in Persian for two of them

  • Scan each poem and label its rhyme scheme, radif, and qafiya where present, writing the labels beside the text

  • Identify and name at least four poetic devices (tashbih, isti'ara, majaz, kinaya) per poem with the exact line as evidence

  • Explain eight difficult verses in 40-60 Persian words each, unpacking the imagery rather than paraphrasing the dictionary meaning

  • Parse the verb forms in two poems fully: root, tense, person, number, and voice

Your checkpoint

A poem-by-poem annotation sheet with rhyme scheme, device table, and eight 40-60-word verse explanations

Week 4

Poetry (Nazm) - prescribed texts: comprehension, theme, poetic devices and explanation & Translation - Persian-to-Bengali/English and Bengali/English-to-Persian

  • Write a 150-word Persian appreciation of the central theme of two prescribed poems, weaving in at least two quoted lines per answer

  • Translate six verses from Persian into Bengali and six into English, keeping the sense and noting any idiom that resists literal rendering

  • Translate ten short Bengali or English sentences into Persian, checking verb agreement and word order against a grammar reference

  • Compile a list of 30 Persian idioms and set phrases from the poems with their Bengali equivalents

  • Complete one timed mock section on Nazm comprehension (two passages, six questions) in 30 minutes

Your checkpoint

A translation portfolio of 12 verse translations, 10 reverse translations, and a 30-item idiom list, plus a scored mock Nazm section

Week 5

Grammar (Qawa'id) - morphology, syntax, verb forms and sentence construction & Translation - Persian-to-Bengali/English and Bengali/English-to-Persian

  • Work through a systematic morphology drill: derive past and present stems for 40 verbs and form participles and verbal nouns from each

  • Construct 20 Persian sentences that each demonstrate a named syntactic rule (izafat chain, conditional clause, passive voice, comparative construction)

  • Correct 15 deliberately faulty Persian sentences, writing the rule violated beside each correction

  • Translate a 120-word Bengali or English paragraph into Persian in 25 minutes, then self-mark against agreement, izafat, and tense errors

  • Translate a 120-word Persian passage into Bengali and English, resolving every pronoun reference explicitly

Your checkpoint

A grammar drill booklet of 40 verb derivations, 20 rule-demonstrating sentences, 15 corrections, and two timed 120-word translations

Week 6

Composition and Letter Writing - guided writing in Persian & Translation - Persian-to-Bengali/English and Bengali/English-to-Persian

  • Write three guided compositions in Persian (a descriptive, a narrative, and an argumentative piece), each 150-200 words, using a plan-outline-draft sequence

  • Draft four formal Persian letters: an application, a complaint, an invitation, and a letter to a newspaper editor, each with correct salutation and closing formulas

  • Assemble a bank of 25 Persian connectives and discourse markers and insert them into the week's drafts to improve cohesion

  • Translate one Bengali or English letter into formal Persian and one Persian letter into Bengali, preserving register

  • Self-edit all drafts against a checklist covering spelling, verb agreement, izafat, and punctuation

Your checkpoint

A folder of three 150-200-word compositions and four formal letters in Persian, each with a completed self-edit checklist, plus two translated letters

Week 7

Reading Comprehension - unseen Persian passage with vocabulary and questions & Prose (Nasr) - prescribed texts: comprehension, theme, character and style

  • Read four unseen Persian passages of 150-200 words under a 10-minute limit each, noting the gist in one sentence before answering

  • Answer vocabulary-in-context and inference questions on those passages in complete Persian sentences

  • Revisit the prose lessons and write five exam-style long answers of 120-150 words each under timed conditions

  • Build a list of 40 unfamiliar words met in unseen passages, with meanings guessed from context then verified in a dictionary

  • Practise skimming for topic sentences: mark the topic sentence of each paragraph in three unseen passages and justify the choice

Your checkpoint

A timed unseen-passage workbook with four passages, their answers, and a verified 40-word context-vocabulary log, plus five timed prose long answers

Week 8

Prose (Nasr) - prescribed texts: comprehension, theme, character and style & Poetry (Nazm) - prescribed texts: comprehension, theme, poetic devices and explanation & Grammar (Qawa'id) - morphology, syntax, verb forms and sentence construction & Translation - Persian-to-Bengali/English and Bengali/English-to-Persian & Composition and Letter Writing - guided writing in Persian & Reading Comprehension - unseen Persian passage with vocabulary and questions

  • Sit two full-length timed mock papers under exam conditions and record the score for each domain separately

  • Re-teach yourself the three weakest domain topics identified by the mock scores and write a one-page Persian summary of each

  • Rehearse the 30 highest-frequency grammar and vocabulary errors from weeks 1-7 by rewriting the faulty forms correctly

  • Memorise and recite two prescribed poems from memory and deliver a two-minute spoken explanation of each

  • Finalise a one-page revision sheet of key dates, authors, poetic devices, and letter formulas for last-day review

Your checkpoint

Two scored full-length mock papers with a domain-by-domain error analysis, a one-page revision sheet, and a rewritten list of 30 corrected errors

Milestones

Week 2: Can summarise every prescribed prose lesson in 100+ Persian words and answer three unseen prose questions in full sentences without notes

Week 4: Can name the rhyme scheme and at least four poetic devices in each prescribed poem, and score 60% or better on the timed Nazm mock section

Week 5: Can derive both stems and the main derivatives for 40 verbs and translate a 120-word passage each way within 25 minutes with fewer than five errors

Week 6: Can produce a 150-200-word Persian composition and a formal Persian letter unaided within 30 minutes each, meeting the self-edit checklist

Week 7: Can read an unseen 150-200-word Persian passage and answer its questions accurately within 15 minutes

Week 8: Scores 60% or above overall on both full-length mocks with no single domain below 50%