Our Year 10 English tutoring program starts in Term 1 and ends in Term 4 each year. The program covers all syllabus outcomes and requirements of the NSW BOSTES Stage 5 syllabus, with the overall goal of giving year 10 students the ability and confidence to take on Year 11 English Advanced and English Extension 1.
Year 10 English
Year 10 English Course Overview
The Year 10 English tutoring program will exceed the outcomes and standards required by the stage 5 syllabus, with particular focus on establishing and refining skills relevant to English at a senior level, such as essay writing and textual analysis.
Importance of English in Year 10 to the HSC
We are of the opinion that students who are serious about their HSC are significantly better of taking on English Advanced in year 11 (in order to benefit from the much stronger scaling of English Advanced over Standard) given that at least 2 units of English will count towards their ATAR.
In order for students to confidently take on year 11 English Advanced, it is necessary to be pushed beyond the minimum standards of the year 10 stage 5 English syllabus. It is on this basis that our year 9 and 10 English courses are built.
2 hour weekly lessons
Tutoring course materials (concept explanations, summaries, study notes, example questions, worked solutions and exam-style homework) are provided each week in the form of a theory and homework booklet
Tutoring homework is expected to be completed and will be fully marked each week, with comments detailing every point of improvement
Free ongoing Workshop Tutorial support
Free online homework help
Topic Tests administered at the end of each major topic, with marks and vital statistics reported in the End of Term report
Essay / Assignment marking service is available to enrolled Year 10 English students at a discounted rate
Class Times |
ParramattaSaturdays 2:00pm – 4:00pm Sundays 11:00am – 1:00pm |
Bondi JunctionSundays 9:00am – 11:00am |
Topics Scheduled
Our schedule of topics may vary as we may modify our course year to year for continual improvement – below is a representation based on past years.
Term 1
January – March
W1 Textual Analysis I
W2 Textual Analysis I
W3 Textual Analysis I
W4 Textual Analysis I
W5 Textual Analysis I
W6 Textual Analysis I
W7 Module Exam and Revision
W8 Writing I
W9 Writing I
W10 Writing I
Term 2
April – June
W1 Representation and Reality
W2 Representation and Reality
W3 Representation and Reality
W4 Representation and Reality
W5 Textual Analysis II
W6 Textual Analysis II
W7 Textual Analysis II
W8 Module Exam and Revision
W9 Textual Analysis II
W10 Textual Analysis II
Term 3
July – September
W1 Dystopia
W2 Dystopia
W3 Dystopia
W4 Dystopia
W5 Dystopia
W6 Writing II
W7 Writing II
W8 Writing II
W9 Module Exam and Revision
W10 Writing II
W11 Writing II
Term 4
October – December
W1 Writing II
W2 Writing II
W3 Writing II
W4 Writing II
W5 Area of Study
W6 Area of Study
W7 Area of Study
W8 Area of Study
W9 Module Exam and Revision
W10 Area of Study
W11 Area of Study