Teacher Downloads
Everything downloadable for teachers, in one place, with filters for subject, level, skill, lesson length and learner level.
Teachers' Guides, study packs and schemes of work
Grade 6 English Pupil's Book
Educational Publications Department, Sri Lanka
Linked from the Educational Publications Department
Official site, no HTTPS
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Grade 11 English Pupil's Book
Educational Publications Department, Sri Lanka
Linked from the Educational Publications Department
Official site, no HTTPS
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Grade 6 English Teachers' Guide
National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from the National Institute of Education
Grade 7 English Teachers' Guide
National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from the National Institute of Education
Grade 8 English Teachers' Guide
National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from the National Institute of Education
Grade 9 English Teachers' Guide
National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from the National Institute of Education
Grade 10 English Teachers' Guide
National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from the National Institute of Education
Grade 11 English Teachers' Guide
National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from the National Institute of Education
Grade 6 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 7 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 8 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 9 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 10 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 11 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 6 Term Notes 2026, New Syllabus
Lakmali Ranasinghe
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 9 Scheme of Work 2026
J/Nelliady Central College - National School
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 11 Term Notes with Competency Levels 2026
J/Nelliady Central College - National School
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 11 English Unit Tests 2025
Department of Education, Southern Province - prepared by RESC Matara
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 7 English Self Study Pack
Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka
Ministry of Education publication, linked not rehosted
Grade 3 English Self-Learning Activities Pack, 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 3 English Self-Learning Pack, Southern Province
Provincial Department of Education, Southern Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 4 English Self-Learning Activities Pack, 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 5 English Self-Learning Activities Pack, 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 6 English Study Pack, Way Forward, Third Term
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 7 English Study Pack, Way Forward, Third Term
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 7 English Pack
Provincial Department of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 8 English Self-Learning Pack
Provincial Department of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 8 English Study Pack, Way Forward, Third Term
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 9 English Study Pack, Way Forward, 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 9 English Pack
Provincial Department of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 10 English Study Pack, Way Forward, Third Term 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 11 English Study Pack, Way Forward, Third Term 2021
Provincial Department of Education, Western Province
Linked from Google Drive
O/L English Study Pack
Provincial Department of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from Google Drive
O/L English Acceleration Kit 1
Provincial Department of Education, Sri Lanka
Linked from Google Drive
O/L English Self-Learning Pack, Sabaragamuwa Province
Provincial Department of Education, Sabaragamuwa Province
Linked from Google Drive
Grade 3 PPP Lesson Plans (11 plans)
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Grade 4 PPP Lesson Plans (15 plans)
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Grade 6 PPP Lesson Plans (11 plans)
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Grade 7 PPP Lesson Plans (10 plans)
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Grade 8 PPP Lesson Plans (12 plans)
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Grade 9 PPP Lesson Plans (10 plans)
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Grade 10 PPP Lesson Plans (14 plans)
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Grade 11 PPP Lesson Plans (10 plans)
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Grades 12 and 13 (A/L General English) PPP Lesson Plans (20 plans)
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Annual and Term Plan Templates, Grades 2 to 13
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Daily and Weekly Notes (Record of Work) Templates
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
English Day Circular 10/2025
RCF English
Ministry of Education circular, reproduced for teachers
English Day Circular 2025, Part 1
RCF English
Ministry of Education circular, reproduced for teachers
English Day Circular 2025, Part 2
RCF English
Ministry of Education circular, reproduced for teachers
Oratory and Storytelling: amended rules
RCF English
Ministry of Education circular, reproduced for teachers
English Day Guidelines (presentation)
RCF English
Shared for teachers
Creative Writing: story skeletons and guidelines
RCF English
RCF English material, free to use
Creative Writing Story Starters
D.K. Kasthuriarachchi
Compiled by D.K. Kasthuriarachchi
Play scripts for English Day
RCF English
Traditional stories, adapted for the classroom
English Camp Activities Guide
English Unit, Department of Education, Central Province
English Unit, Department of Education, Central Province - reproduced for teachers
English Camp Activities: Grade 8
English Unit, Department of Education, Central Province
Department of Education, Central Province - reproduced for teachers
All teacher downloads
- TextbookGrade 6Official site, no HTTPS
Grade 6 English Pupil's Book
The Grade 6 English pupil's book published by the Educational Publications Department. Linked, not hosted; the Department also publishes it free on its own website.
Copyright status: Linked from the Educational Publications Department
- TextbookGrade 11Official site, no HTTPS
Grade 11 English Pupil's Book
The complete Grade 11 English pupil's book published by the Educational Publications Department, for the Ordinary Level year.
Copyright status: Linked from the Educational Publications Department
- Teachers' guideGrade 6
Grade 6 English Teachers' Guide
The Grade 6 English Language teachers' guide published by the National Institute of Education, Maharagama. Lesson planning, teaching activities and assessment guidance.
Copyright status: Linked from the National Institute of Education
- Teachers' guideGrade 7
Grade 7 English Teachers' Guide
The Grade 7 English Language teachers' guide published by the National Institute of Education, Maharagama.
Copyright status: Linked from the National Institute of Education
- Teachers' guideGrade 8
Grade 8 English Teachers' Guide
The Grade 8 English Language teachers' guide published by the National Institute of Education, Maharagama.
Copyright status: Linked from the National Institute of Education
- Teachers' guideGrade 9
Grade 9 English Teachers' Guide
The Grade 9 English Language teachers' guide published by the National Institute of Education, Maharagama.
Copyright status: Linked from the National Institute of Education
- Teachers' guideGrade 10
Grade 10 English Teachers' Guide
The Grade 10 English Language teachers' guide published by the National Institute of Education, Maharagama, for the first Ordinary Level year.
Copyright status: Linked from the National Institute of Education
- Teachers' guideGrade 11
Grade 11 English Teachers' Guide
The Grade 11 English Language teachers' guide published by the National Institute of Education, Maharagama, for the Ordinary Level examination year.
Copyright status: Linked from the National Institute of Education
- Teachers' guideAdvanced Level
General English Teachers' Guide, Grades 12 and 13
The General English teachers' guide for G.C.E. Advanced Level classes, published by the National Institute of Education, Maharagama.
Copyright status: Linked from the National Institute of Education
- Study packGrade 6first term2021
Grade 6 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
A self-study and supplementary teaching pack for Grade 6 English, issued by the Provincial Department of Education, Western Province. Lessons keyed to the pupil's book and workbook by competency level.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 7first term2021
Grade 7 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
A self-study and supplementary teaching pack for Grade 7 English, issued by the Provincial Department of Education, Western Province.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 8first term2021
Grade 8 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
A self-study and supplementary teaching pack for Grade 8 English, issued by the Provincial Department of Education, Western Province.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 9first term2021
Grade 9 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
A self-study and supplementary teaching pack for Grade 9 English, issued by the Provincial Department of Education, Western Province.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 10first term2021
Grade 10 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
A self-study and supplementary teaching pack for Grade 10 English, issued by the Provincial Department of Education, Western Province.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 11first term2021
Grade 11 English Study Pack, Way Forward, First Term 2021
A self-study and supplementary teaching pack for Grade 11 English, issued by the Provincial Department of Education, Western Province, for the Ordinary Level year.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Scheme Of WorkGrade 62026
Grade 6 Term Notes 2026, New Syllabus
A term-by-term scheme of work for Grade 6 under the new 2026 syllabus, organised by module and week. Lists the learning outcome, content standards and skills focus for each lesson. Follows the 2026 competency structure of listening, speaking, reading, writing and literary appreciation.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Scheme Of WorkGrade 92026
Grade 9 Scheme of Work 2026
A full Grade 9 scheme of work for 2026, listing each competency level with its learning outcomes, textbook and workbook activities, teaching aids and periods. Covers the future perfect, the passive voice in past and future, reported speech, conditional clauses and inference.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Scheme Of WorkGrade 112026
Grade 11 Term Notes with Competency Levels 2026
A Grade 11 scheme of work for 2026, term by term, mapping each competency level to its learning outcomes, activities, teaching aids and number of periods. Covers the Ordinary Level year.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Practice PaperGrade 112025
Grade 11 English Unit Tests 2025
A set of Grade 11 unit tests arranged by textbook unit, with matching, dialogue completion, punctuation and writing tasks and marks shown for each test. Prepared by the Regional English Support Centre, Matara.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 32021
Grade 3 English Self-Learning Activities Pack, 2021
A complete self-learning activity pack for Grade 3 English: picture-based tasks, first reading passages, handwriting and simple sentence work. The larger of the two Grade 3 packs.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 3
Grade 3 English Self-Learning Pack, Southern Province
A shorter Grade 3 English self-learning pack issued for the Southern Province. Useful as a lighter alternative to the full activities pack.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 42021
Grade 4 English Self-Learning Activities Pack, 2021
A self-learning activity pack for Grade 4 English: vocabulary building, short reading passages, guided writing and grammar practice.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 52021
Grade 5 English Self-Learning Activities Pack, 2021
A self-learning activity pack for Grade 5 English, the Scholarship year: reading comprehension, vocabulary and structured writing practice.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 6third term
Grade 6 English Study Pack, Way Forward, Third Term
The third-term Way Forward self-learning pack for Grade 6 English, following the first-term pack already listed here. Lessons are keyed to the pupil's book by competency level.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 7third term
Grade 7 English Study Pack, Way Forward, Third Term
The third-term Way Forward self-learning pack for Grade 7 English. Reading, writing and grammar work set out unit by unit.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 7
Grade 7 English Pack
A general Grade 7 English pack of lessons and practice activities. Distinct from the Way Forward term packs, and useful as extra material alongside them.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 8
Grade 8 English Self-Learning Pack
A self-learning pack for Grade 8 English covering the year's main language work, for use at home or as supplementary classwork.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 8third term
Grade 8 English Study Pack, Way Forward, Third Term
The third-term Way Forward self-learning pack for Grade 8 English, following the first-term pack already listed here.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 92021
Grade 9 English Study Pack, Way Forward, 2021
The Way Forward self-learning pack for Grade 9 English, 2021. Language work set out unit by unit for independent study.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 9
Grade 9 English Pack
A general Grade 9 English pack of lessons and practice activities, distinct from the Way Forward pack and usable alongside it.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 10third term2021
Grade 10 English Study Pack, Way Forward, Third Term 2021
The third-term Way Forward self-learning pack for Grade 10 English, the first Ordinary Level year.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 11third term2021
Grade 11 English Study Pack, Way Forward, Third Term 2021
The third-term Way Forward self-learning pack for Grade 11 English, the Ordinary Level examination year.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 11
O/L English Study Pack
A compact Ordinary Level English study pack covering the paper structure and the main question types. A good starting point for Grade 11 revision.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 11
O/L English Acceleration Kit 1
An Ordinary Level English acceleration kit: intensive practice material for candidates working to catch up or to raise a grade before the examination.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 11
O/L English Self-Learning Pack, Sabaragamuwa Province
A full Ordinary Level English self-learning pack issued for Sabaragamuwa Province. The largest of the O/L packs listed here.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Study packGrade 11
Appreciation of English Literature Self-Study Pack
A self-study pack for Appreciation of English Literary Texts, covering poetry, prose and drama appreciation. The largest pack in this collection.
Copyright status: Linked from Google Drive
- Lesson planGrade 3
Grade 3 PPP Lesson Plans (11 plans)
11 sample 40-minute PPP English lesson plans for Grade 3, each built on a unit and activity in the Grade 3 English Pupil's Book (new syllabus), with the learning outcome, materials, timed stages and homework. One PDF ready to print; an editable Word copy is on the plans page.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Lesson planGrade 4
Grade 4 PPP Lesson Plans (15 plans)
15 sample 40-minute PPP English lesson plans for Grade 4, each built on a unit and activity in the Grade 4 English Pupil's Book, with the learning outcome, materials, timed stages and homework. One PDF ready to print; an editable Word copy is on the plans page.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Lesson planGrade 6
Grade 6 PPP Lesson Plans (11 plans)
11 sample 40-minute PPP English lesson plans for Grade 6, each built on a unit and activity in the Grade 6 English Pupil's Book (2014 to 2019 edition), with the learning outcome, materials, timed stages and homework. One PDF ready to print; an editable Word copy is on the plans page.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Lesson planGrade 7
Grade 7 PPP Lesson Plans (10 plans)
10 sample 40-minute PPP English lesson plans for Grade 7, each built on a unit and activity in the Grade 7 English Pupil's Book, with the learning outcome, materials, timed stages and homework. One PDF ready to print; an editable Word copy is on the plans page.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Lesson planGrade 8
Grade 8 PPP Lesson Plans (12 plans)
12 sample 40-minute PPP English lesson plans for Grade 8, each built on a unit and activity in the Grade 8 English Pupil's Book, with the learning outcome, materials, timed stages and homework. One PDF ready to print; an editable Word copy is on the plans page.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Lesson planGrade 9
Grade 9 PPP Lesson Plans (10 plans)
10 sample 40-minute PPP English lesson plans for Grade 9, each built on a unit and activity in the Grade 9 English Pupil's Book, with the learning outcome, materials, timed stages and homework. One PDF ready to print; an editable Word copy is on the plans page.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Lesson planGrade 10
Grade 10 PPP Lesson Plans (14 plans)
14 sample 40-minute PPP English lesson plans for Grade 10, each built on a unit and activity in the Grade 10 English Pupil's Book, with the learning outcome, materials, timed stages and homework. One PDF ready to print; an editable Word copy is on the plans page.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Lesson planGrade 11
Grade 11 PPP Lesson Plans (10 plans)
10 sample 40-minute PPP English lesson plans for Grade 11, each built on a unit and activity in the Grade 11 English Pupil's Book, with the learning outcome, materials, timed stages and homework. One PDF ready to print; an editable Word copy is on the plans page.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Lesson planAdvanced Level
Grades 12 and 13 (A/L General English) PPP Lesson Plans (20 plans)
20 sample 40-minute PPP English lesson plans for Grades 12 and 13 (A/L General English), each built on a unit and activity in the Advanced Level General English textbook (one book for Grades 12 and 13), with the learning outcome, materials, timed stages and homework. One PDF ready to print; an editable Word copy is on the plans page.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Lesson planAll grades
Annual and Term Plan Templates, Grades 2 to 13
An annual plan (scheme of work) and a term plan template, with the units of each grade's Pupil's Book listed, ready to fill in with your own dates.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Lesson planAll grades
Daily and Weekly Notes (Record of Work) Templates
Record-of-work forms for daily and weekly notes, with a completed sample entry for each grade.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- CircularAll grades
English Day Circular 10/2025
The Ministry of Education circular for English Day 2025: the events, the age groups, how entries are judged and the dates. This is the document a school's English Day is run against, so read it before planning anything else.
Copyright status: Ministry of Education circular, reproduced for teachers
- CircularAll grades
English Day Circular 2025, Part 1
Part one of the 2025 English Day circular, with the detail of the competitions and what each one requires. Read together with Part 2.
Copyright status: Ministry of Education circular, reproduced for teachers
- CircularAll grades
English Day Circular 2025, Part 2
Part two of the 2025 English Day circular. Much smaller than Part 1, and the quicker of the two to open on a telephone.
Copyright status: Ministry of Education circular, reproduced for teachers
- CircularAll grades
Oratory and Storytelling: amended rules
The amended rules for the oratory and storytelling events. These supersede what the earlier circular says about those two competitions, so check this before a pupil prepares a speech or a story.
Copyright status: Ministry of Education circular, reproduced for teachers
- GuidelinesAll grades
English Day Guidelines (presentation)
A presentation setting out how an English Day is organised, event by event. Useful for briefing a staff meeting or a group of student organisers. It is a large file: open it on a computer rather than a telephone.
Copyright status: Shared for teachers
- Activity PackAll grades
Creative Writing: story skeletons and guidelines
Fifteen story skeletons - The Lost Kitten, The Birthday Surprise, Helping Amma - each with its keywords and outline, followed by guidance on turning an outline into a full story: describing the setting, developing characters, writing dialogue, building the plot and pacing it. Suits O/L story writing as well as the English Day competition.
Copyright status: RCF English material, free to use
- Activity PackAll grades
Creative Writing Story Starters
Fifteen opening lines for creative writing, each paired with the grammar it practises - past perfect, past continuous, reported speech, modals in the past. One page for each prompt, so it prints as a pack.
Copyright status: Compiled by D.K. Kasthuriarachchi
- ScriptAll grades
Play scripts for English Day
Short play scripts of well-known stories - Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks, The Little Red Hen, Sleeping Beauty - each with its cast list and a narrator, written for a class to perform. The stories are traditional and out of copyright.
Copyright status: Traditional stories, adapted for the classroom
- GuidelinesAll grades
English Camp Activities Guide
The Central Province English Unit's guide to running a one-day English camp: a suggested timetable from registration at half past seven to the closing group cheer, the objectives, the ground rules the children agree to, the camp oath and songs for the common session, and five activity sessions set out with the materials needed and the procedure for each.
Copyright status: English Unit, Department of Education, Central Province - reproduced for teachers
- Activity PackGrade 8
English Camp Activities: Grade 8
Camp activities for Grade 8, each set out with the time it takes, the learning outcome, the materials needed, the language it focuses on and a step-by-step procedure - so a teacher can run one without having seen it before. It opens with the foreword by the Director of Education (English and Foreign Languages).
Copyright status: Department of Education, Central Province - reproduced for teachers
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Guidance available now as pages
Every page below is complete and can be used or printed today, whether or not a downloadable file exists yet.
- Lesson Plans — a lesson structure and four worked plans
- Worksheets — how to design worksheets that teach
- Teaching Guides — how to teach the difficult topics
- Classroom Activities — fifteen activities needing no materials
- Guided Writing — the six-step sequence and how to withdraw support
- Marking Guides — a marking method and a marking code
- Assessment — quick checks that take two minutes
- Revision Strategies — retrieval, spacing and the final month
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