Year 9
English
Course

Get ready for Year 9 English with Alex Sarychkin.

16,000+
Families have trusted us so far
3x more GCSE
Grade 9s achieved by our students vs the UK avg

Live Lessons

Two engaging lessons per week delivered by the UK's elite teachers

Tailored homework and workbooks

Custom workbooks and tailored homework, build confidence and exam-readiness

Step-by-step explanations

Every topic is covered with step-by-step video explanations and walkthroughs

Available 24/7, 365

Study any time, day or night with every lesson recording and course material available for revision all day, every day

What you’ll learn

Unit 1

Understanding genre: Gothic and dystopian fiction

  • Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
  • Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
  • The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow- Washington Irving
  • Frankenstein- Mary Shelley
  • The Woman in White- Wilkie Collins
  • Brave New World - Huxley
  • We - Zamyatin
  • Children of Men - James

Unit 2

Comparing Non-fiction: attitudes to London and society

  • Attitudes to beggars and begging
  • Attitudes to poverty in education 
  • Attitudes to the London Underground
  • Attitudes to the floods
  • Attitudes to food markets
  • Attitudes to snow 
  • Attidues to Buildings in London 

Unit 3

Poetry: identity, love, war and loss

  • If - Rudyard Kipling
  • Human Family- Maya Angelou
  • The Laboratory- Robert Browning
  • Love After Love- Derek Walcott
  • MCMXIV - Phillip Larkin
  • Funeral Blues - W.H. Auden

Unit 4

Studying Shakespeare: Othello

  • Context of the Play
  • Plot and Overview
  • Act 1 and Act 2
  • Act 3 and Act 4
  • Act 5
  • Characters, Themes, Interpretations

Unit 5

Lord of the Flies

  • Introduction to Lord of The Flies- Context and Authorship
  • Chapters 1 and 2 - key passages and analysis
  • Chapters 3 and 4 - key passages and analysis
  • Chapters 5 and 6 - key passages and analysis
  • Chapters 7 and 8 - key passages and analysis
  • Chapters 9 and 10 - key passages and analysis
  • Chapters 11 and 12 - key passages and analysis
  • Themes and Character

Unit 6

Persuasive and argumentative writing

  • Introduction to Persuasive Writing - GASP
  • Language
  • Letter Writing
  • Article Writing
  • Speech Writing
  • Delivering a Speech- Oracy/ Spoken Language Assessment

Unit 7

Journey’s End: War, characters and themes

  • Introduction to Journey's End - Context and Authorship
  • Plot
  • Act 1- key moments and analysis
  • Act 2- key moments and analysis
  • Act 3 - key moments and analysis
  • Character - key moments and analysis
  • Themes - key moments and analysis
  • Extended Writing

Unit 8

Creative writing: description and narrative craft

  • Introduction to Creative Writing - responding to a visual prompt- description vs narration
  • Adjectives, adverbs and verbs
  • Language Techniques
  • Micro Structure: Techniques and Features (sentence, paragraph and punctuation)
  • Macro Structure (Freytag model, narrative arc).
  • Writing Styles (examples of different approaches)
  • Perspective (personification/ persona/ examples)
  • Planning

Unit 9

Speeches, power and protest

  • I know Why the Caged Bird Sings- Maya Angelou
  • Freedom or Death Emmeline Pankhurst
  • The Heart of a King- Queen Elizabeth I
  • An ideal for which I am prepared to die - Nelson Mandela
  • Republic of Virtue Speech- Robespierre (French Revolution)
  • Animal Farm- Why I Write Essay by Orwell- Russian Revolution
  • COP26 Climate Summit - Sir David Attenborough
  • Becoming- Michelle Obama

Unit 10

Dystopia, fantasy and adventure fiction

  • Dystopian Fiction Context - Non Fiction
  • Orwell and 1984
  • Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
  • We - Yevgeny Zamyatin
  • Children of Men - P.D. James
  • The Hunger Games (Modern dystopia)
  • Iridescent Adolescent (shorty story, magical realism)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia (fantasy)
  • Eragon (fantasy)
  • The Bone Sparrow (including refugee context and authorship)
  • Treasure Island (pirate context and Stevenson authorship

Meet your teacher

@AlexDoesEnglish
  • Assistant Head of English at MyEdSpace
  • BA in English Literature from Queen Mary University, London
  • More than a decade of teaching experience and 7 years working as an examiner

Loved by students. — Trusted by parents.

FAQs

Here are answers to some of the most common questions we receive.

What subjects do you offer?

We offer English, Maths and Science (including Biology, Chemistry and Physics) from Year 5 to A-level.

The full list of subjects we offer, organised by Key Stage and Year Groups are;

  • Year 5 (KS2): Maths, Science, English, 11+ preparation

  • Year 6 (KS2): Maths, Science, English

  • Year 7 (KS3): Maths, Science, English

  • Year 8 (KS3): Maths, Science, English

  • Year 9 (KS3): Maths, Science, English

  • Year 10 (GCSE): Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English

  • Year 11 (GCSE): Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English

  • Year 12 (A-level): Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Further Maths, UCAT preparation

  • Year 13 (A-level): Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Further Maths

All courses cover the full UK curriculum and are mapped to relevant exam boards.

GCSE science courses are available for either Combined or Triple, and we offer separate Higher and Foundation classes.


How can I check your credibility?

Academically, the results of the thousands of MyEdSpace students speak for themselves.

At GCSE level:

  • Over 2x more MyEdSpace students achieved GCSE grades 7-9 than the national average (45% v 22%)

  • 81% of our students achieved GCSE grades 5-9, compared to only 52% nationally

  • Almost 1 in 4 (23%) of our GCSE Maths students achieved grades 8 or 9, compared to 1 in 10 nationally (10%)

  • Exactly 3/4 of our GCSE Maths students achieved a grade 5 or above (75%). Nationally it was less than half (41%)

  • 60% of our GCSE Biology students achieved grades 7-9, compared to only 44% nationally

  • 62% of our GCSE Chemistry students achieved grades 7-9, compared to only 47% nationally

  • 56% of our GCSE Physics students achieved grades 7-9, compared to only 46% nationally

  • Our GCSE English Literature students achieved double the amount of grade 9s compared to the national average (6% v 3%)

  • 1 in 3 of our GCSE English Literature students achieved grades 7-9 (33%), compared to only 1 in 5 nationally (20%)

  • Our GCSE English Language students achieved more than double the amount of grade 9s compared to the national average (5% v 2%)

  • Over double the amount of our GCSE English Language students achieved grades 7-9, than the national average (32% v 15%)

And at A-level:

  • 3 in 4 of our A-level students achieved a B or above (75% - nationally it was just 61%)

  • Almost 90% of our A-level students achieved a C or above (89% - nationally it was just over 75%)

  • Almost half of all our A-level students achieved an A or above (43%), nationally only 39% achieved this

  • 83% of our A-level Maths students achieved a B or above, 21% more than the national average (62%)

  • Over 90% of our A-level Maths students achieved a C or above (93%). Nationally it was only 78%

  • 96% of our A-level Further Maths students achieved a C or above, 5 percentage points higher than the national average (91%)

  • Almost half of our A-level Biology students achieved an A or above (41%), nationally it was well under 1/3 (28%)

  • Almost 3 in 4 of our A-level Biology students achieved an B or above (74%), nationally it was slightly over half (51%)

  • 88% of our A-level Biology students achieved a C or above. Nationally it was only 72%

  • Almost half of our A-level Chemistry students achieved an A or above (41%), nationally it was slightly under 1/3 (32%)

  • Almost 3/4 of our A-level Chemistry students achieved a B or above (74%). Nationally it was only around 1/2 (56%)

  • 87% of our A-level Chemistry students achieved a C or above. Nationally it was only 75%

  • 60% of our A-level Physics students achieved a B or above. Nationally it was only 54%

  • 85% of our A-level Physics students achieved a C or above, 12 percentage points higher than the national average (73%)

Anecdotally, the story is the same.

⭐95% of parents reported finding learning on MyEdSpace helpful for their child’s education

⭐83% of parents noticed a positive attitude change in their child after using MES

⭐84.5% said MyEdSpace made them more confident walking into the exam hall

⭐84% of our GCSE students told us their results met or beat their own expectations

⭐79% of our A-level students got into their first-choice university

We’re proud that this is reflected in their reviews, where we’re rated ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on both Trustpilot and Google Reviews.

We’re so confident you’ll see the benefits too, we offer a 14-day full money-back guarantee, so you can try it for yourself and get a full refund if we don’t meet your expectations.


Do you offer discounts for multiple courses or siblings?

Yes.

When you sign up two or more students, you'll get a 10% discount.

Contact our Customer Success team for more details.

We’re so confident you’ll see the benefits too, we offer a 14-day full money-back guarantee, so you can try it for yourself and get a full refund if we don’t meet your expectations.


Which is more effective, group learning or 1-to-1, private tuition?

Collaborative group learning provides numerous benefits which are lost in 1-to-1 tutoring and private tuition.

First, learning alongside their peers encourages more questions and collaboration, boosting confidence, engagement and energy levels, which can be lost in a more intimidating 1-to-1 setting where anxious students can feel put on the spot.

Our teachers are experts in providing safe, engaging learning environments, where there is zero-judgment and questions are encouraged. That’s a big part of why we hired them.

All student cameras are switched off, so no student appears on screen and their real-life identity is hidden behind the anonymity of a username and avatar.

We’ve chosen our specific way of delivering lessons to ensure that there’s no pressure to speak on camera or in front of the class – students can participate through the chat and ask questions anonymously.

We have found that this makes all students substantially more likely to contribute by asking and answering questions, while also providing a 'strength in numbers' feeling of reassurance and all the other benefits associated with collaborative learning.

We have found that each student on average sends 25 messages into the chat per lesson, creating an incredibly interactive atmosphere.

It’s quite difficult to find the right tutors for your kids. Parents often have to decide between cheaper, but less experienced tutors or highly qualified ones that ask for thousands per subject. Vetting their qualifications and suitability is also difficult, with no regulatory body in the UK.

We do things differently. We use technology and scale to cut overheads without cutting quality. By bringing people together, we ensure every child can access elite UK teaching talent at a fraction of the cost of hiring a private tutor.

We handpick high-quality, experienced teachers who have a track-record of helping children reach their full potential. Meaning you can rest assured that instead of a Grad Student looking to earn a few extra £s, your child is learning from highly-qualified teachers, who’ve spent years honing their talent for educating.

With MyEdSpace, there’s no compromise on quality - you’re just not paying for empty travel time or inefficiencies. It’s a 10x better education, at 10% of the cost.

Don't just take our word for it. We have thousands of 5* star reviews from parents and students on Trustpilot.


What’s included in a MyEdSpace course?

Our courses include two online interactive live lessons, per subject, per week, delivered by an experienced subject-specialist teacher.

Alongside the live lessons, each course also includes tailored workbooks, targeted practice questions and step-by-step video explanations for every topic, to reinforce learning.

Recordings of the live lessons, plus all the additional materials are available 24/7, allowing them to be rewatched and revisited at any time. Regular progress reports track improvement every step of the way.


How do you ensure the difficulty level is right for every student?

To make sure every student is working at a level that’s right for them, every student’s progress is monitored and parents receive a progress report.

If we feel that a student is struggling, or not being pushed hard enough, we can adjust the year group, or course level up or down accordingly.

If you want to discuss changing levels at any time, our Customer Success team are here to help.

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