Year 9

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. Talent 100 ensures you achieve significant development in English, and reinforces analytical, literacy and communication skills that will form the bedrock of their success in English. Talent 100 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.

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based on 2023 HSC Graduates

99%

of students say their confidence improved significantly

99%

of students say that studying with Talent 100 made school easier

98%

of students say they are satisfied with Talent 100

Course Options

Talent

    • 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

$670.00
per term

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Dymocks Tutoring

    • 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

$495.00
per term

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Timetable

Parramatta
  • Saturday 12:00pm ~ 1:30pm TAL
  • Saturday 12:00pm ~ 1:30pm DYM
  • Thursday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm DYM
Online
  • Saturday 9:00am ~ 10:30am TAL
  • Sunday 12:00pm ~ 1:30pm DYM
  • Wednesday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm DYM
  • Thursday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm TAL
Burwood
  • Sunday 1:30pm ~ 3:00pm DYM
  • Tuesday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm DYM
  • Saturday 2:30pm ~ 4:00pm TAL
Hurstville
  • Sunday 1:00pm ~ 2:30pm TAL
  • Friday 4:30pm ~ 6:00pm TAL
  • Thursday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm DYM
Chatswood
  • Thursday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm TAL
  • Sunday 2:30pm ~ 4:00pm TAL
  • Tuesday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm DYM
  • Wednesday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm TAL
Epping
  • Thursday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm TAL
  • Sunday 1:00pm ~ 2:30pm TAL
  • Wednesday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm TAL
  • Saturday 9:30am ~ 11:00am TAL
  • Monday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm TAL
  • Friday 6:00pm ~ 7:30pm TAL

What You Study

Talent 100

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.

JAN - APR
Talent 100 Term 2 Lesson Plan

Lesson 1: Students consider how the NAPLAN marking criteria provides a guideline for effective writing, and learn how to use 'show not tell' to add more interesting descriptions to their narratives.

Lesson 2: Students consider how to use interesting verbs, dialogue and sentence structure in their narrative writing.

Lesson 3: Students learn how to use interesting sentence types and high modality descriptions in their persuasive writing.

Lesson 4: Students learn how to use genre in their narrative writing and practice writing a story with a distinct 'atmosphere.'

Lesson 5: Students consider how to add more description to their persuasive writing.

Lesson 6: Students begin a close study of how to analyse language and visual techniques in Shaun Tan's short stories.

Lesson 7: Students practice textual analysis and essay writing using one of Shaun Tan's short stories.

Lesson 8: Students practice textual analysis and essay writing using another of Shaun Tan's short stories.

Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task for the unit: an essay writing task.

APR - JUN
Talent 100 Term 3 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.

JUL - SEP
Talent 100 Term 4 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.

Dymocks Tutoring

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.

JAN - APR
Dymocks Term 2 Lesson Plan

Lesson 1: Students consider how the NAPLAN marking criteria provides a guideline for effective writing, and learn how to use 'show not tell' to add more interesting descriptions to their narratives.

Lesson 2: Students consider how to use interesting verbs, dialogue and sentence structure in their narrative writing.

Lesson 3: Students learn how to use interesting sentence types and high modality descriptions in their persuasive writing.

Lesson 4: Students learn how to use genre in their narrative writing and practice writing a story with a distinct 'atmosphere.'

Lesson 5: Students consider how to add more description to their persuasive writing.

Lesson 6: Students begin a close study of how to analyse language and visual techniques in Shaun Tan's short stories.

Lesson 7: Students practice textual analysis and essay writing using one of Shaun Tan's short stories.

Lesson 8: Students practice textual analysis and essay writing using another of Shaun Tan's short stories.

Lesson 9: Students complete their final assessment task for the unit: an essay writing task.

APR - JUN
Dymocks Term 3 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.

JUL - SEP
Dymocks Term 4 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 breakdown

Talent 100

Review and Reinforcement
10 min
Explain and Explore
30 min
Practice and Performance
40 min
Recap and Synthesise
10 min

Dymocks Tutoring

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!

FAQs

Do you offer Opportunity Class and Selective School coaching?

We are currently developing our practice exam materials catering specifically to the new online Opportunity Class and Selective School exams.

These materials will be a digital subscription product available through our Digital Platform my-mentor.com.au from Term 2, 2024 and will contain thousands of practice questions by exam type (Maths, English, Thinking Skills) and mock exams (with solutions) for students to prepare and practice at home.

What makes Talent 100 different from other tuition centres?

There are many places where you can get good tuition for HSC subjects. However, Talent 100 is unique in its approach to results-focused teaching and learning. The results speak for themselves with hundreds of Talent 100 students achieving outstanding results every year.

At Talent 100, we help students study smarter, not harder, in the lead up to and during their assessments. We teach you exactly what you need to know in order to score top marks, and we’ll help you be exam-ready when it counts because our course programs are designed to help you prepare for exams all year round.

When is the right time to start tutoring?

Every student is different and there is no “right” time to get tutoring support. However, academic studies highlight the importance of ensuring the fundamentals of Maths and Reading are reinforced from an early age (5+) to have the right building blocks in place for high school and beyond. Our classes begin at Stage 2 (Year 3-4) and extend through to Stage 6 (HSC level). We support students of all levels across these stages to set and extend them to their potential.

This is why we have started Talent Primary. Learning is a lifelong journey and we want to be with you each and every step of the way. Our students partner with us for many years, from learning the foundations, to more advanced problem solving and ultimately to HSC success in Year 12 and beyond.

Who are the teachers and tutors at Talent 100?

At Talent 100, we call all of our teachers and tutors ‘Mentors’, because they do so much more than simply teach content. They guide our students to school and HSC success year after year.

The Talent 100 Academic Team comprehensively understands the NSW Education system and how to succeed in it either as academic high achievers or experienced qualified teachers with proven academic credentials.

As mentors, we represent:

  • Outstanding academic merit – Getting high marks requires having detailed and specific knowledge of the HSC syllabus. Talent 100 Mentors have achieved unparalleled success in the HSC and can use their specific knowledge to help you.
  • Effective communication and strong leadership skills – This ensures the theory can be taught to you in a way you will understand.
  • Passion for teaching and improving your marks – They understand how significant your academic results are in influencing your university course options and, ultimately, your career path, so they are committed to doing whatever it takes to get you there.

Who has written the Primary Course Materials for Talent 100?

Talent Primary has partnered with BrainBuilder Maths to develop its Singapore Maths program. Designed by Dr Fong Ho Kheong, a world-renowned Singapore Maths specialist in conjunction with Julia Fong, the course applies unique model drawing techniques for conceptual learning which consistently places Singapore students at the top of the International Rankings for Mathematics competitions. Julia also teaches the Primary classes across all four centres and is responsible for teacher training.

Our Writing programs have been developed by experienced NESA teacher Mr Harvey Liu. Boasting a teacher career spanning over 7 years, Harvey has applied his Masters of Creative Writing, Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney to develop the materials based off new NESA guidelines to be implemented from 2024 onward. 

How do I join Talent Primary? Can I trial before I pay?

YES. All new students are entitled to a 1 week obligation free trial to attend the first lesson before committing and paying for the term. To join:

  • COMPLETE registration form
  • OR go to our ENQUIRE page and request a consultation with one of our specialist Consultants.

Alternatively, call us on 1300 999 100 today to let us know what classes you wish to join.

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