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English
Building on a solid foundation in high school English is why Year 8 is so important in your English development. It will underpin success in English throughout High School, including your HSC. Dymocks Tutoring Year 8 English course will make sure you develop a comprehensive understanding and application of literary, analytical and communication skills. Your child’s analytical and persuasive skills will be enhanced through their study of Year 8 English. The ability to analyse a variety of complex texts and text types is the core of Dymock’s Year 8 English tutoring. Dymocks Tutoring will build your ability to utilise language to communicate with the intended purpose, audience and context made clear. Dymocks Tutoring will ensure you have a strong understanding of foundational concepts preparing you for higher-level High School English.
based on 2023 HSC Graduates
32
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of students say their confidence improved significantly
99
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of students say that studying with Dymocks Tutoring made school easier
99
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of students say they are satisfied with Dymocks Tutoring
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Course Options
There's no one-size approach to help students. That's why we uniquely offer two distinct tutoring programs.
Talent 100
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
Dymocks Tutoring helps students master their schoolwork, providing the support and confidence they need to stay on top or catch up in any subject.
Explore the table below to compare programs and find the perfect fit.
Dymocks Tutoring 
$676
50
per term
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- Focus on key syllabus elements and core literacy skills
- Weekly timed assessments with a focus on comprehension, content and analysis
- Focus on the foundations of textual interpretation and analysis
- Focus on remediating learning gaps and ensuring solid foundational skills
- 1.5 hours in class
- Optional weekly homework
TALENT 100
$676
50
per term
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- Students master the syllabus and prepare for senior English
- Weekly timed assessments with a focus on analytical writing
- Focus on encountering complex texts, concepts and contexts
- Focus on progressing to extension work
- 1.5 hours in class
- Compulsory weekly homework
Timetable
Parramatta
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Saturday
10:30am ~ 12:00pm
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Saturday
10:30am ~ 12:00pm
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Monday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
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Sunday
11:00am ~ 12:30pm
Chatswood
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Thursday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
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Saturday
1:30pm ~ 3:00pm
Online
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Sunday
9:00am ~ 10:30am
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Tuesday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
Epping
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Monday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
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Saturday
9:00am ~ 10:30am
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Monday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
Hurstville
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Wednesday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
Burwood
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Thursday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
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Saturday
9:00am ~ 10:30am
What You Study
Dymocks Tutoring
Talent 100
Dymocks Tutoring
Close
OCT - DEC
Dymocks Term 1 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: `Students consider what ideas Australian poetry might raise. They learn a range of poetic techniques and practice identifying and analysing them in a poem.
Lesson 2: Students consider how Australian landscapes are depicted in poetry, and practice textual analysis.
Lesson 3: Students consider poems by Aboriginal poets, and learn how to write an analytical paragraph about a poem.
Lesson 4: Students consider how Australian identity has changed over time, and learn how to construct short answer analytical responses on poems.
Lesson 5: Students complete an exam involving writing both short answer responses and an essay.
Lesson 6: Students learn about rhetorical devices and the rhetorical appeals, and practice using them in their own persuasive writing.
Lesson 7: Students learn how to use persuasive devices effectively when writing a review.
Lesson 8: Students learn how to use persuasive devices effectively when writing a speech.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment for the unit: writing a persuasive text.
Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.
JAN - APR
Dymocks Term 2 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students learn about the genre of historical fiction, and consider how the historical backdrop of World War I and World War II influences texts' themes and ideas.
Lesson 2: Students begin a close study of a picture book, and learn how to analyse visual techniques used in a text.
Lesson 3: Students learn how to write analytically about a text, including integrating historical context into their analysis.
Lesson 4: Students learn how to write a full essay structure, and are introduced to the historical context of World War II.
Lesson 5: Students consider how perspective can be used as a device in historical fiction, and continue to practice textual analysis.
Lesson 6: Students consider how perspective can be used as a device in historical fiction, and continue to practice textual analysis.
Lesson 7: Students complete a research task on historical perspectives, and learn how to synthesise and present information in a multimodal presentation.
Lesson 8: Students continue to practice essay writing.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task for the unit: an essay.
Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.
APR - JUN
Dymocks Term 3 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students learn about Shakespeare and his context, and are introduced to dramatic techniques. They practice reading comprehension and interpretation by reviewing the plot and characters of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Lesson 2: Students consider the theme of love in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and learn how to analyse a Shakespearean extract.
Lesson 3: Students consider the idea of love and confusion in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and continue to practice textual analysis.
Lesson 4: Students consider the role of The Mechanicals in the play, and continue to practice textual analysis.
Lesson 5: Students do a close focus on essay writing.
Lesson 6: Students are introduced to a range of film techniques and practice identifying and analysing them in a film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Lesson 7: Students continue to practice analysing film scenes, and learn how to write analytical paragraphs.
Lesson 8: Students practice further analytical writing, including both paragraphs and short essays.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task for the unit: a multimodal presentation.
Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.
JUL - SEP
Dymocks Term 4 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students consider how the theme of journeys is explored in a range of texts, and learn how to identify and analyse visual techniques.
Lesson 2: Students complete a close study of the text The Arrival, and learn how to identify and analyse visual techniques.
Lesson 3: Students learn how to write an analytical paragraph.
Lesson 4: Students consider narrative structure and elements, and how to use the key rule of "show not tell" in their own creative writing.
Lesson 5: Students consider how to use language techniques in their own writing, and practice planning and composing a complete narrative.
Lesson 6: Students read and interpret a new text, focusing on develop their skills in comprehension, visual literacy and analysis.
Lesson 7: Students conduct a close visual analysis of a picture book, examining how both text and images shape meaning.
Lesson 8: Students learn the structure of an essay with a focus on how to write a strong thesis statement.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment for this unit: a narrative centered around the themes we have encountered this term.
Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.
Talent 100
Close
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.
Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.
JAN - APR
Talent 100 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.
Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.
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.
Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.
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, 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.
Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.
Lesson breakdown
Dymocks Tutoring
Talent 100
Dymocks Tutoring
Review and Reinforcement 10 min
Explain and Explore 30 min
Practice and Performance 40 min
Recap and Synthesise 10 min
Talent 100
Review and Reinforcement 10 min
Explain and Explore 30 min
Practice and Performance 40 min
Recap and Synthesise 10 min
Benefits
Experienced Tutors
Your child doesn't need a teacher. They need a tutor who can help them break down the subject and identify areas of improvement.
Great resources
We understand how to study smarter, not harder. That's why we condense our notes to give students only what they need to get ahead.
Small Classes
Unlike competitors, we limit classes to 12 so students get the attention they need in an interactive and engaging environment.
Individual support
Each student gets guaranteed personal attention in dedicated practice time.
Practical learning hubs
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.
On demand videos
Many of our subjects have additional video support to help students understand concepts in their own time.
Track progress
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.
Topic Tests
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.
Max Learning System
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.
Expert Advice
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.
Year round access
Students are able to access their resources until the end of the academic year. Perfect for that end of year practice!
No obligation lesson
All new students receive a no-obligation lesson to ensure that they love us before they enrol. Talk to our team today!
FAQ's
Our Year 8 English program covers the full syllabus, ensuring that your child learns everything they need to succeed at school and, importantly, in the NAPLAN in Year 9.
Our year 8 English tutors will ensure students develop a comprehensive understanding and application of literary, analytical and communication skills. Students will develop their analytical and persuasive skills and analyse various complex texts. They’ll build their ability to utilise language and communicate their intended purpose, audience and context. Our year 8 English tutors will ensure students understand foundational concepts to prepare them for higher-level high school English.
Students can begin their studies once they have successfully enrolled in the subject. They will complete a quiz at the start and end of the lesson to recap and retain their knowledge to apply to future exams.
Our Year 8 math program covers all the elements of the syllabus. There are four terms in our year 8 English tutoring course:
- Term 1 — Students will learn what makes a poem ‘uniquely Australia,’ analyse poetic techniques, write extended responses, consider the concept of rhetoric and persuasive writing and use these techniques to make their work engaging.
- Term 2 — Students will evaluate how authors integrate historical information into their works with a close focus on war writing. They will implement these skills into their writing.
- Term 3 — A close study of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream will teach students how to analyse a dramatic text and focus on how the text explores complex themes and values.
- Term 4 — By investigating how intercultural experiences shape how we view the world and the people around us, students will explore the theme of “belonging” and the individual’s relationship to society. Students will write analytically, including planning and structuring essay responses and completing creative narrative writing tasks.
Each term includes nine weekly lessons with a practice test to ensure students have engaged with and learned the relevant concepts for each term.
Dymocks Tutoring offers small group year 8 English tutoring at $676.00 per term. You can save 10% with discounts, which makes the course highly affordable! It includes nine weekly lessons per term for 1.5 hours per lesson and access to one-on-one support. Our tutors will help students perform to the best of their ability and maximise their marks in future exams.
Our year 8 English tutors — former students and current teaching professionals — have a track record of giving students the confidence they need to succeed. With 99% of students reporting their confidence had significantly improved and that school became much easier, you can trust our team of experts to give your children the support they need to succeed.
Dymocks Tutoring offers a free trial to all students to determine if our year 8 English tutoring is well suited to their needs.
Complete our enrolment form today to enrol in our group or private tutoring in Australia for year 8 English online. Select the year 8 English course and submit your payment to get started. If you have any queries, reach out to our customer service team, who will be more than happy to assist.
High modality language expresses strong certainty, obligation or intensity. Words such as must, will, definitely and undeniably are examples of high modality because they make a statement sound forceful and confident.
Inclusive language is language that makes the audience feel involved, included or united with the speaker or writer. Words such as we, us and our are common examples of inclusive language in persuasive writing.
Visual techniques are the features used in images, films, advertisements and other visual texts to create meaning. Common visual techniques include colour, framing, salience, angle, vectors, gaze and composition.
Emotive language is language chosen to create an emotional response in the reader or listener. It uses words with strong positive or negative feelings to persuade, influence opinions or make an idea feel more urgent or important.
Year 8 English tutoring helps students improve reading analysis, writing structure, grammar and confidence with school assessments. It supports students who need stronger skills now and those who want to build towards senior English success later.