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It is never too early to prepare for the HSC and Year 9 English is an essential step upon the path towards HSC success in English. Dymocks Tutoring ensures you achieve significant development in English, and reinforces analytical, literacy and communication skills that will form the bedrock of their success in English. Dymocks Tutoring will extend your core literary and analytical skills in Year 9 English. Build upon analytical skills and techniques to engage and respond to a wide variety of text types. You will continue to learn and develop your writing abilities, progressing your capability to utilise language depending on context, audience and purpose. The skills and abilities learnt in Year 9 will underpin success in subsequent years in English Study.
Talent 100 helps ambitious students aiming to excel academically, with high-achieving tutors and a focus on Opportunity Class, Selective Schools, and top ATARs in the HSC.
Dymocks Tutoring helps students master their schoolwork, providing the support and confidence they need to stay on top or catch up in any subject.
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OCT - DEC
Dymocks Term 1 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students are introduced to film analysis and practice identifying and analysing film techniques.
Lesson 2: Students learn about how genre is used in film, and practice writing analytical paragraphs on a range of film extracts.
Lesson 3: Students learn about the importance of 'themes' when analysing texts, and practice writing analytically about a short film.
Lesson 4: Students learn about how films might reject or play with genre, and practice writing analytically about a film extract.
Lesson 5: Students learn the structure of an essay, and practice writing an essay on a film studied this term.
Lesson 6: Students learn about poetic techniques and practice interpreting and analysing poems.
Lesson 7: Students learn how to write both short-answer and extended responses about poems on the theme of identity.
Lesson 8: Students consider how poems captures ideas about place, and practice the process of textual analysis.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task: an exam on analysing poetry.
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T2
JAN - APR
Dymocks Term 2 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students revise language techniques and practice identifying them in a new poetry text. They also practice comprehension and interpretation of a new text.
Lesson 2: Students learn how to analyse a visual text.
Lesson 3: Students do a close study on how to write a strong thesis statement.
Lesson 4: Students learn how to develop a sustained argument across a thesis statement as well as topic statements for essay body paragraphs.
Lesson 5: Students practice writing a complete analytical paragraph.
Lesson 6: Students continue to practice analysis through the close study of a multimodal text.
Lesson 7: Students develop and refine their analytical skills through breaking down and writing about another new multimodal text. They also begin doing some imaginative writing.
Lesson 8: Students continue to develop and refine their analytical skills through breaking down and writing about another new multimodal text.
Lesson 9: Students implement the skills they have learned across the term in a final exam.
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T3
APR - JUN
Dymocks Term 3 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students learn about Shakespeare's sonnets and practice language analysis with a close focus on Sonnet 18.
Lesson 2: Students practice language analysis and analytical paragraph structure by reading and writing about Sonnet 130.
Lesson 3: Students consider the theme of conflict in Shakespeare's work and practice textual analysis through studying the prologue from Romeo and Juliet.
Lesson 4: Students consider the theme of identity and practice textual analysis through studying a scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Lesson 5: Students consider the themes of ambition and morality and practice textual analysis through studying a scene from Macbeth.
Lesson 6: Students learn about the structure of an essay and practice writing an essay on Shakespeare's works.
Lesson 7: Students consider the themes of deception and manipulation and practice textual analysis through studying a scene from Othello.
Lesson 8: Students consider the themes of life and death and practice textual analysis by studying a scene from Hamlet.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task for this unit.
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T4
JUL - SEP
Dymocks Term 4 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students learn about the key elements of prose fiction and practice both reading comprehension and analytical writing.
Lesson 2: Students consider the role of setting in prose fiction, practice reading comprehension, and learn how to write an analytical paragraph.
Lesson 3: Students consider the role of characterisation in novels, practice reading comprehension, and learn how to write an analytical paragraph.
Lesson 4: Students consider themes and ideas, and learn how to identify and write about them in analytical responses.
Lesson 5: Students learn about the structure of an essay and particularly focus on how to construct strong thesis statements.
Lesson 6: Students learn about the comedy genre and particularly how parody and satire are used to shape social commentary.
Lesson 7: Students focus on how to analyse a satirical text and also practice their own satirical writing.
Lesson 8: Students practice using language techniques in their own comedic and satirical writing.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task for the term.
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OCT - DEC
Talent 100 Term 1 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students are introduced to film analysis and practice identifying and analysing film techniques.
Lesson 2: Students learn about how genre is used in film, and practice writing analytical paragraphs on a range of film extracts.
Lesson 3: Students learn about the importance of 'themes' when analysing texts, and practice writing analytically about a short film.
Lesson 4: Students learn about how films might reject or play with genre, and practice writing analytically about a film extract.
Lesson 5: Students learn the structure of an essay, and practice writing an essay on a film studied this term.
Lesson 6: Students learn about poetic techniques and practice interpreting and analysing poems.
Lesson 7: Students learn how to write both short-answer and extended responses about poems on the theme of identity.
Lesson 8: Students consider how poems captures ideas about place, and practice the process of textual analysis.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task: an exam on analysing poetry.
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JAN - APR
Talent 100 Term 2 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students learn some new, more complex language techniques and practice identifying them in a new poetry text. They also practice interpretation of a new text.
Lesson 2: Students develop their skills in analysing a visual text.
Lesson 3: Students do a close study on how to write a strong thesis statement.
Lesson 4: Students practice developing a sustained argument across a thesis statement as well as topic statements for essay body paragraphs.
Lesson 5: Students practice writing a complete analytical paragraph and learn to add more depth and detail to their responses.
Lesson 6: Students continue to practice analysis through the close study of a multimodal text.
Lesson 7: Students develop and refine their analytical skills through breaking down and writing about another new multimodal text. They also begin doing some imaginative writing.
Lesson 8: Students continue to develop and refine their analytical skills through breaking down and writing about another new multimodal text.
Lesson 9: Students implement the skills they have learned across the term in a final exam.
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T3
APR - JUN
Talent 100 Term 3 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students learn about Shakespeare's sonnets and practice language analysis with a close focus on Sonnet 18.
Lesson 2: Students practice language analysis and analytical paragraph structure by reading and writing about Sonnet 130.
Lesson 3: Students consider the theme of conflict in Shakespeare's work and practice textual analysis through studying the prologue from Romeo and Juliet.
Lesson 4: Students consider the theme of identity and practice textual analysis through studying a scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Lesson 5: Students consider the themes of ambition and morality and practice textual analysis through studying a scene from Macbeth.
Lesson 6: Students learn about the structure of an essay and practice writing an essay on Shakespeare's works.
Lesson 7: Students consider the themes of deception and manipulation and practice textual analysis through studying a scene from Othello.
Lesson 8: Students consider the themes of life and death and practice textual analysis by studying a scene from Hamlet.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task for this unit.
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T4
JUL - SEP
Talent 100 Term 4 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students learn about the key elements of prose fiction and practice both reading comprehension and analytical writing.
Lesson 2: Students consider the role of setting in prose fiction, and practice writing an analytical paragraph.
Lesson 3: Students consider the role of characterisation in novels, and learn how to write an analytical paragraph about characterisation.
Lesson 4: Students consider themes and ideas, and learn how to identify and write about them in analytical responses.
Lesson 5: Students revise the structure of an essay and particularly focus on how to construct strong thesis statements.
Lesson 6: Students learn about the comedy genre and particularly how parody and satire are used to shape social commentary.
Lesson 7: Students focus on how to analyse a satirical text and also practice their own satirical writing.
Lesson 8: Students practice using language techniques in their own comedic and satirical writing.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task for the term.
Review and Reinforcement 10 min
A review of the prior week to reinforce learning and retention.and a quiz to assess their understanding of the previous week’s lesson.
Explain and Explore 30 min
Students are guided through a detailed analysis of the subject content and problems by the tutor. The aim is to break up the material so that it can be manageably understood and retained by students.
Practice and Performance 40 min
A practical session where students are guided on how to answer questions and offered feedback on their answers.
Recap and Synthesise 10 min
Students test their mastery of the concepts presented through a series of recap questions. Real-time feedback is given to identify areas for further practice.
Review and Reinforcement 10 min
A review of the prior week to reinforce learning and retention.and a quiz to assess their understanding of the previous week’s lesson.
Explain and Explore 30 min
Students are guided through a detailed analysis of the subject content and problems by the tutor. The aim is to break up the material so that it can be manageably understood and retained by students.
Practice and Performance 40 min
A practical session where students are guided on how to answer questions and offered feedback on their answers.
Recap and Synthesise 10 min
Students test their mastery of the concepts presented through a series of recap questions. Real-time feedback is given to identify areas for further practice.
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Unlike competitors, we limit classes to 12 so students get the attention they need in an interactive and engaging environment.
Each student gets guaranteed personal attention in dedicated practice time.
Our classrooms are designed to get the job done. Equipped with fast wi-fi and digital boards, they provide everything for students to study smart and get ahead.
Many of our subjects have additional video support to help students understand concepts in their own time.
Using the Dymocks App you're able to keep track of weekly scores as well as tutor feedback. Few other businesses provide the level of feedback we do.
Each subject has at least one and many have more than one topic test. Written in actual exam style we ensure students are prepared for success at school.
Our NEW state-of-the art Max system helps students learn by providing quizzes and, over time, personalised mastery paths to get to success easier.
As a member of our broader community, get access to academic advice and invitations to events and seminars to ensure you're always in the know.
Students are able to access their resources until the end of the academic year. Perfect for that end of year practice!
All new students receive a no-obligation lesson to ensure that they love us before they enrol. Talk to our team today!
Our private and small group courses are available to students once they successfully enrol in our year 9 English course. Students will begin and end each lesson with a quiz to master concepts and receive valuable real-time feedback from our experienced tutors to identify further areas for improvement.
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Our year 9 English course has four terms:
Each term will end with a final assessment where students can demonstrate their understanding of relevant concepts and receive valued feedback from their tutors on areas to improve.
Dymocks Tutoring charges [display_price] per term for year 9 English. You can save 10% with discounts, which makes it highly affordable. It includes nine weekly lessons per term for 1.5 hours per lesson and access to one-on-one tutor support.
Dymocks Tutoring offers a free trial so students can determine if our year 9 English tutoring is the right fit. After all, our focus is on ensuring our students’ success in their studies.