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Choose your text. Watch a lesson. Return and explain one idea in your own words.

කෘතිය තෝරා පාඩම බලන්න. පසුව එක් අදහසක් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පැහැදිලි කරන්න.

Original videos: Lit feels · Sinhala and English literature explanations. EWS provides organisation and practice tasks.

30 full lessons + 8 quick-revision Shorts · 20 text and exam-skill groups.

Choose the right lesson for your course

These are O/L supplementary resources shared across Grades 10–11. Follow your school’s prescribed texts, chosen novel and term plan. No new A/L or international-exam alignment is claimed for this collection.

Grade/term labels follow the NIE proposed plan in the 2015-onwards syllabus document. Follow any newer school or examination instructions.

The six earlier missing text entries — The Huntsman, Breakfast, Once Upon a Time, Richard Cory, Fear and the optional novel The Prince and the Pauper — now have additional free sources in the complete Literature study map. They are supplied by other original teachers, rather than this Lit feels channel.

All 73 upload listing entries (45 regular videos and 28 Shorts) were classified by title and topic on 7 November 2026. Eight Shorts match the five O/L texts shown here. Seven Grade 10–11 recitations appear separately below; junior recitations and older announcements stay outside the exam-text list. Full recordings and creator playlists have not been reviewed in full.

Video titles and available descriptions support this selection; full recording accuracy, full prescribed-text coverage and physical-phone playback remain unverified. Earlier EWS resources remain available through Back to Literature. Videos open on their original channel.

Study help · language

Short study instructions only. Full task translations and human language review remain pending.

20 groups

Poetry · Text study

Upside Down

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 11 · Term 2

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Upside Down by Alexander Kushner | Meaning, Techniques & Themes | O/L English Literature

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · Text study

The Earthen Goblet

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 11 · Term 2

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Earthen Goblet – Analysis for O/L Students | Meaning, Themes & Techniques Explained

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · Text study

The Camel’s Hump

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 11 · Term 1

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    The Camel's Hump by Rudyard Kipling | O/L literature help

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · Text study

Caged Bird

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 11 · Term 1

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Why Caged Bird is a Poem about Freedom, not Imprisonment

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · Text study

Father and Son

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 11 · Term 2

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Father and son poem by Cat stevens analysis | Analysis, Techniques, and Themes | Lit feels

  2. Quick revision · Shorts (4)

    Use the full lesson and prescribed text to check the short explanation.

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · Text study

The Terrorist, He Is Watching

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 2

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    'Terrorist, He Is Watching' by Wislawa Szymborska" 🧐✨|Analyzing the poem

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · Text study

A Bird Came Down the Walk

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 3

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    A bird came down the walk by Emily Dickinson ❤️ | poem analysis by lit feels

  2. Quick revision · Shorts (1)

    Use the full lesson and prescribed text to check the short explanation.

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · Text study

The Eagle

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 1

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson | Analysis by lit feels

  2. Quick revision · Shorts (1)

    Use the full lesson and prescribed text to check the short explanation.

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · Text study

Farewell to Barn and Stack and Tree

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 1

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Farewell to barn and stack and tree by A. E. Housman Analysis by lit feels

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Drama · Text study

Twilight of a Crane

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 11 · Term 1–2

This is a drama. One original video title calls it a poem; use the drama text and check genre terminology with your teacher.

  1. Part 1 · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Twilight of a Crane part 01 | poem analysis by lit feels

  2. Part 2 · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Twilight of a Crane part 02 | analysis by lit feels

EWS practice · after watching

Choose a short exchange between two characters. Explain what the dialogue or a stage direction reveals about their relationship. Support your point with evidence from the play.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

School-selected novel · Text study

Bringing Tony Home

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 / 11 · Term school order

Choose this novel only if your school studies it. Six numbered parts and a separate summary are available; this is not a chapter-by-chapter completeness claim.

  1. Part 1 · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    O/L English Literature 'Bringing Tony Home' තේරෙන සිංහලෙන් | Part 01

  2. Part 2 · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    O/L English Literature 'Bringing Tony Home' තේරෙන සිංහලෙන් | Part 02

  3. Part 3 · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    O/L English Literature 'Bringing Tony Home' තේරෙන සිංහලෙන් | Part 03

  4. Part 4 · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Bringing Tony Home තේරෙන සිංහලෙන් | Part 04

  5. Part 5 · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Bringing Tony Home තේරෙන සිංහලෙන් | O/L English literature | Part 05

  6. Part 6 · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Bringing Tony Home තේරෙන සිංහලෙන් | O/L English literature | Last part

  7. Summary · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Bringing Tony Home by Tissa Abeysekara - Discussing the summary | GCE O/L literature

EWS practice · after watching

Choose an event from the section you watched. Explain how the narrator’s response develops a character or theme. Check the event in your own copy of the novel.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · More practice

Big Match, 1983

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 2

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Big Match, 1983 |O/L Analysis of Black July in Sri Lankan Poetry |#OLLiterature #BlackJulyAnalysis

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · More practice

To the Nile

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 3

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    To the Nile by John Keats | poem analysis by lit feels 😍

  2. Quick revision · Shorts (1)

    Use the full lesson and prescribed text to check the short explanation.

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · More practice

War Is Kind

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 11 · Term 1

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    War is kind by Stephen Crane | poem analysis by lit feels 😍❤️

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Poetry · More practice

To the Evening Star

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 1

The author is William Blake. The original video title spells the surname “Black”.

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    To the evening star by William Black | poem analysis by lit feels

EWS practice · after watching

Choose one image or contrast. Explain what it suggests and how it helps you understand the poem. Support your answer with one short, accurate quotation from your prescribed text.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Prose · More practice

Extract from Wave

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 3

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  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    'Wave' by Sonali Deraniyagala: Unveiling the Story, Themes, and Techniques | O/L English Literature

EWS practice · after watching

Choose a detail from the prescribed extract. Explain how the narrator or speaker uses it to communicate a feeling or idea. Link your evidence clearly to your point.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Prose · More practice

The Lumber Room

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 1

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Lumber room by Saki | analysis by lit feels

  2. Quick revision · Shorts (1)

    Use the full lesson and prescribed text to check the short explanation.

EWS practice · after watching

Choose a detail from the prescribed extract. Explain how the narrator or speaker uses it to communicate a feeling or idea. Link your evidence clearly to your point.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Prose · More practice

The Lahore Attack

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 1

  1. Lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    Lahore attack speech by Kumar Sangakkara | Analysis by lit feels

EWS practice · after watching

Choose a detail from the prescribed extract. Explain how the narrator or speaker uses it to communicate a feeling or idea. Link your evidence clearly to your point.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Drama · More practice

The Bear

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 · Term 3

  1. Part 1 · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    The bear by Anton Chekhov part 01 | analysis by lit feels

  2. Part 2 · Watch on YouTube ↗
    Original video title

    The bear by Anton Chekhov part 02 | analysis by lit feels

EWS practice · after watching

Choose a short exchange between two characters. Explain what the dialogue or a stage direction reveals about their relationship. Support your point with evidence from the play.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

Exam skills · More practice

O/L essay writing and paper guidance

Original lessons: Lit feels · Grade 10 / 11 · Term revision

Older recordings may show an earlier paper format. Follow the current official paper instructions.

  1. Essay writing · recent lesson · Watch on YouTube ↗
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    O/L Literature essay answer එකක් හරියට ලියමු

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    How to write an essay answer | lit feels

  3. Paper structure · older recording · Watch on YouTube ↗
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    English literature paper structure | lit feels

EWS practice · after watching

Choose an essay question from your prescribed text. Underline the key words, plan three points, then write one paragraph with a point, short textual evidence, explanation and a link back to the question.

Write 80–120 words in your own words. Check the original text, then improve one sentence.

මුල් කෘතිය බලමින් ඔබේම වචනවලින් පිළිතුර ලියන්න. පසුව එක් වාක්‍යයක් වැඩිදියුණු කරන්න.

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The 30 core Lit feels recordings were confirmed in the existing Grade 10–11 playlists. Grades 12–13 retain their separate A/L texts and resources. This channel inventory supplies no verified A/L prescribed-text lesson.

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Optional Grade 10–11 recitation practice · 7 recordings

English Day and elocution practice. These are not additions to the prescribed literature text list; older competition titles do not confirm this year’s rules.

Build an answer

Point → Evidence → Explanation → Link. Answer the question directly. Choose accurate evidence, explain its effect, then connect it to the question. A summary alone does not explain how the writing works.

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