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English
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.
based on 2023 HSC Graduates
32
%
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
Hurstville
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Thursday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
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Saturday
12:00pm ~ 1:30pm
Parramatta
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Saturday
12:00pm ~ 1:30pm
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Saturday
12:00pm ~ 1:30pm
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Sunday
9:30am ~ 11:00am
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Thursday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
Burwood
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Wednesday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
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Saturday
12:00pm ~ 1:30pm
Online
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Sunday
12:00pm ~ 1:30pm
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Wednesday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
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Wednesday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
Chatswood
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Saturday
12:00pm ~ 1:30pm
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Wednesday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
Epping
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Friday
4:30pm ~ 6:00pm
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Friday
4:30pm ~ 6:00pm
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Saturday
12:00pm ~ 1:30pm
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Monday
6:00pm ~ 7:30pm
What You Study
Dymocks Tutoring
Talent 100
Dymocks Tutoring
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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.
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 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
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.
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 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.
Talent 100
Close
OCT - DEC
Talent 100 Term 1 Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: Students learn what it means to 'interpret meaning' in a text, and practice how to write an analytical paragraph.
Lesson 2: Students revise language, film and visual techniques and practice writing an analytical paragraph on a multimodal text.
Lesson 3: Students consider a text that contains ideas about the environment, and practice textual analysis and essay writing.
Lesson 4: Students consider texts that centre around identity and culture, and practice textual analysis and essay writing.
Lesson 5: Students learn about discursive writing and how to write creatively about their own experiences.
Lesson 6: Students learn about how to write and present an effective oral presentation.
Lesson 7: Students learn key skills in imaginative writing including show not tell and using dialogue.
Lesson 8: Students develop their ability to analyse visual texts and create visual representations.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final exam for this unit.
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 learn a range of language techniques and practice reading, comprehending, interpreting and analysing new unseen texts.
Lesson 2: Students learn the structure of a short answer response and practice reading comprehension and textual analysis of a range of unseen texts.
Lesson 3: Students learn how to write an extended response.
Lesson 4: Students conduct a close analysis of a text with a focus on how genre is used to shape meaning.
Lesson 5: Students learn how to write a strong thesis statement and a complete essay structure.
Lesson 6: Students learn how to identify and analyse the use of film devices in a text.
Lesson 7: Students learn how to use techniques in their own creative writing.
Lesson 8: Students learn the structure of a narrative, and how to write a complete creative response.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final exam for this unit.
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 study ambition and power structures in Shakespeare's work. With a focus on Macbeth, they learn how to integrate historical context into their analytical writing.
Lesson 2: Students study religion and revenge in Shakespeare's work. With a focus on Hamlet, they learn how to integrate historical context into their analytical writing.
Lesson 3: Students study race and gender in Shakespeare's work. With a focus on Othello, they learn how to integrate historical context into their analytical writing.
Lesson 4: Students study war and political stability in Shakespeare's work. With a focus on Richard III, they learn how to integrate historical context into their analytical writing.
Lesson 5: Students study prejudice and justice in Shakespeare's work. With a focus on The Merchant of Venice, they learn how to integrate historical context into their analytical writing.
Lesson 6: Students do a close focus on essay writing and integrating historical context into a full essay response on Shakespeare's work.
Lesson 7: Students study colonisation and the new world in Shakespeare's work. With a focus on The Tempest, they learn how to integrate historical context into their analytical writing.
Lesson 8: Students study honour and leadership in Shakespeare's work. With a focus on Henry IV Part I, they learn how to integrate historical context into their analytical writing.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task for this unit, a piece of extended analytical writing that integrates historical context.
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 what context is and practice how to use it in their analytical writing.
Lesson 2: Students practice interpreting, analysing and writing about a poetry text, including integrating historical context into their writing.
Lesson 3: Students learn about the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement and practice analysing and writing about a speech.
Lesson 4: Students learn about the historical backdrop of World War I and practice analysing a range of visual texts.
Lesson 5: Students practice integrating historical context into their analysis of war poetry.
Lesson 6: Students learn how to write an essay, with a focus on how to integrate historical context.
Lesson 7: Students practice skills in analysis using a range of texts from a contemporary context.
Lesson 8: Students learn how to conduct a research task, synthesise information, and present analysis in a multimodal presentation.
Lesson 9: Students complete their final exam for the unit.
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 9 English course reinforces analytical, literacy and communication skills to form the bedrock of success for future English studies. Students will work with various text types to learn and develop their writing abilities.
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.
If you have any concerns or queries about enrolling, don’t hesitate to reach out to our friendly customer service team, who will be happy to help.
Our year 9 English course has four terms:
- Term 1 — The first term will discuss Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet as the basis for their textual analysis and essay writing. They will learn how to analyse and create effective speeches and multimodal presentations.
- Term 2 — Students will complete narrative and persuasive writing and a critical study of visual and written texts.
- Term 3 — Novel study and genre study will teach students critical skills in textual analysis, such as thesis statements, paragraphs and essays, and how to establish tone and purpose in persuasive writing.
- Term 4 — Through studying film and poetry, students will learn how to write thesis statements, analytical paragraphs and essay writing.
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 $676.00 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.
Students can enrol for year 9 English online by filling out an enrolment form, selecting the year 9 English course and completing their payment.
Persuasive techniques are methods writers and speakers use to convince an audience. Common persuasive techniques include emotive language, repetition, rhetorical questions, statistics, expert opinion, inclusive language and appeals to fear or hope.
A TEEL paragraph is a structured way to write an analytical paragraph in English. TEEL stands for Topic sentence, Evidence, Explanation and Link. It helps students organise ideas clearly and build stronger essay paragraphs.
Year 9 English tutoring helps students build more advanced reading, writing and analytical skills. It supports essay writing, comprehension and confidence, while helping students prepare for the demands of senior school English.