LitCharts!

Revising for GCSE or A-Level English Literature exams? Have a look at LitCharts!, which has lots of great guides on widely studied texts- including Animal Farm, The Canterbury Tales, The Great Gatsby, King Lear, Macbeth, Measure for Measure,  Oedipus Rex, Paradise Lost...and loads more!

Why not have a browse of the guides, perhaps as 'reinforcement' to your own notes!

A-Level English Literature: William Blake

If you are studying William Blake for the LT4 module in English Literature, the Library does have a copy of Peter Ackroyd's 'Blake' biography- an excellent book! :)

Book Review: Seamus Heaney, The Making of the Poet

Book Title: Seamus Heaney, The Making of the Poet
Author: Michael Parker

This is a very useful  book, both for GCSE & A-Level students, where Heaney comes up in parts of the specification. A detailed insight is given into Heaney's life, and the book looks at the inspiration behind much of his poetry. Analysis of some poems is also given.

Particularly usefully, the book is split up into time periods, such as 'Affinities 1961-66' and 'Quickenings 1975-84'.

I'd give it: 10/10
Review by: James Kearney

GCSE & A-Level Students!

It's revision time! No doubt you have started revising in some of your subjects and will (hopefully!) be beginning to revise in the rest.
The period up to the exam season can be stressful, but don't worry! Here are some useful websites that Library Assistant James has found:

1. http://www.cambridgestudents.org.uk/examtime/revisiontips/-Revision Tips
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10100363-Exam doctor's top tips for revision
3. http://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/pages/interactive_tips_exam.asp-21 killer tips for revision

Exam board websites:

1. http://web.aqa.org.uk/-AQA
2. http://www.edexcel.com/Pages/Home.aspx-Edexcel
3. http://www.ocr.org.uk/-OCR
4. http://www.wjec.co.uk/ -WJEC
5. http://www.rewardinglearning.org.uk/ -CCEA

Revision Sites:

1. http://www.s-cool.co.uk/ -s-cool
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ - BBC Bitesize
3. http://getrevising.co.uk/ -Get Revising
4. http://revisionworld.co.uk/ -Revision World
5. http://www.docbrown.info/ -Doc Brown Science

Hope this helps! :-D   

The Library wishes all of you the best of luck in your exams!