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English: 10th Grade
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Tenth Grade English Tutoring

In tenth grade English, the content becomes more complex, which can be challenging, especially if your child is building confidence or trying to keep up. Our online English tutoring for 10th graders provides personalized support that meets your child where they’re at.

We help strengthen reading comprehension, essay writing, and grammar and spelling, so they can stay on track in class, feel confident during assessments, and build skills that carry into their senior years.

Why 10th-Grade English Gets More Demanding

In tenth grade, students begin to:

  • Compare texts across time periods and genres
  • Write persuasive, literary, and analytical essays with structure and sophistication
  • Identify rhetorical strategies and evaluate arguments
  • Use advanced grammar and punctuation accurately
  • Refine their writing style for clarity and tone
  • Complete longer, timed assignments and assessments

Tenth grade is a key preparation year for upcoming standardized tests and college-readiness. With the right guidance, your child can build confidence, strengthen core skills, and feel more prepared for the demands of the senior years. Read More

How APLUS America Helps Students Stay Focused

We follow a three-stage learning approach that meets your child where they are and keeps them progressing:

Getting Started with English: We begin by understanding your child’s current reading and writing abilities. Our tutors review their skills to identify where they’re confident and where they need more support.

Weekly Lesson Plan: From there, we create a personalized Weekly Lesson Plan that targets the right areas. Each Monday, your child receives a fresh, personalized plan made up of three parts:

  • Revision and Catch-Up: Reinforces earlier skills that may still be holding them back, like sentence clarity or understanding tone and purpose.
  • Consolidation: Reinforces current schoolwork - whether it’s text comparison, argument construction, or writing with more nuance.
  • Extension: Prepares them for upcoming exams, larger assignments, and advanced analysis skills that will carry into Year 11.

Interactive Lessons and Games: 65+ games and over 1,500 literacy activities help build skills in grammar, comprehension, and writing. Practice feels engaging, not overwhelming.

Tutor Support: Our tutors go beyond just answering questions. They review your child’s progress each week, provide regular feedback, and are available to chat with parents to adjust the workload or approach as needed. When it comes to writing, your child can submit structured tasks for tutor review and receive detailed feedback to improve grammar, clarity, and structure.

Rewards That Motivate: As your child completes lessons, they earn points that can be exchanged for real-world rewards - like gift cards. It’s a smart way to keep them engaged.

What We Cover in 10th Grade English Tutoring

  • Literary analysis and comparison
  • Argumentative and expository essay structure
  • Rhetorical techniques and persuasive language
  • Vocabulary development and tone control
  • Sentence fluency, grammar accuracy, and punctuation
  • Critical reading of complex nonfiction and fiction texts
  • Timed writing practice for assessments and exams

These skills not only support classroom success, but also lay the foundation for 11th and 12th grade, SAT/ACT prep, and future academic writing.

Why Parents Trust APLUS America

  • Weekly progress reports show exactly how your child is improving in reading, writing, and spelling, so you’re never in the dark about their progress.
  • Our rewards system lets children earn points as they complete lessons, which can be exchanged for real rewards like gift cards. It’s a fun way to keep them engaged and excited to learn.
  • Every lesson is aligned with U.S. Common Core standards, helping your child build strong early literacy skills that reinforce what they’re learning in school.
  • Our platform works from anywhere, at any time - so it fits into your family’s routine

Whether they’re struggling to keep up or just need a little more support to stay on track, we’re here to help them feel more prepared for the senior years. 

Ready to Strengthen Year 10 English?

Tenth grade often comes with more pressure and higher expectations, especially in English.That’s why our 10th grade English tutoring online includes a personalized learning plan, giving your child clear, structured support each week and making it easy for you to track their progress along the way.

Need help with math too? Check out our 10th grade Math tutoring to support your child across all their core subjects as they prepare for the senior years. Read Less

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Explore 10th Grade English Curriculum

GRADE 10

Common Core Standards Curriculum

  1. Unit: Language Analysis
  • Chapter 1: Understanding Tone
  • Chapter 2: Analyzing Syntax
  • Chapter 3: Evaluating Diction
  1. Unit: Shakespeare
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Shakespearean Language
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  • Chapter 2: Themes in Shakespeare's Works
  • Chapter 3: Character Analysis
  1. Unit: Texts and Contexts
  • Chapter 1: Historical Contexts
  • Chapter 2: Cultural Influences
  • Chapter 3: Comparative Literature
🎮 0 Games 📝 11 Tests 📘 72 Lessons
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Step 1
Student Assessment


Every child learns at a different pace and has different tutoring needs. We assess your child to identify what your child does and does not know, including the knowledge gaps holding your child back.

Step 2
Personalized Learning


Every week we create a new online lesson plan especially for your child. Our lesson plans target the knowledge gaps, so that they are ready to forge ahead. No guessing what to do next, simply log in and do the lessons set especially for you.

Step 3
Tutor Support


Our interactive lesson plans are supported by our tutor team. Just pick up the phone and speak to one of tutors to discuss your child’s progress. Kids can even speak to our tutors for extra help with any question on the program.

Step 4
Rewards & Motivation


Earn points as you learn. Cash in points for real rewards such as iTunes vouchers. It is amazing how effective a little reward and recognition can be.

Enter your details to receive 2 weeks free English tutoring

+By entering your details, you give APLUS America permission to contact you to discuss its tutoring via phone, SMS and/or email and record such communication for training and compliance purposes. You understand that the 2 weeks free tutoring is only available to children that have not previously received any free tutoring from APLUS America.

"The programs can give parents a great sense of direction and a sense of structured involvement which will give them great satisfaction. Most children will learn much better. It’s interactive, individualized, special, and it works."
DR JANET HALL, PSYCHOLOGIST
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