WBCHSE HS Persian study plan
WBCHSE HS Persian · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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%