Mood from the Words is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on working out what an illustration would need to convey, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.7. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Mood from the Words
RL.3.7
NameDate
Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Conker
First stanza:
Inside the green and spiny case,
packed in a lining soft as silk,
it waits all summer in the dark
and grows the colour of stained milk.
Second stanza:
Then autumn cracks the case in two.
It falls. It hits the path and shines
so hard and bright and newly made
you cannot walk past it. Nobody can.
Third stanza:
By Sunday it is dull and cracked
and lighter than it was before —
a small brown stone inside a pocket,
and no one wants it any more.
1. Where is the conker in the last stanza?
2. What would an illustration of the second stanza show, and what mood would it create?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Night the Lamp Went Out
Grace's father kept the lighthouse. On the worst night of the winter, the lamp went out.
He was ill in bed. Grace was eleven.
She carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark, twice, because the can was too heavy to lift full. Her arms shook so much on the second trip that she had to sit down halfway.
She trimmed the wick the way she had watched a hundred times. She struck the match on the fourth try.
By the time the light swung out across the water, three ships had already turned back. Grace never knew whether she had been in time. She decided not to think about it.
1. How does the setting make the events harder?
2. What would an illustration of the middle show, and what mood would it create?
LessonPrint · RL.3.7 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Mood from the Words
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Inside a pocket. 2. The split case on the path with the conker shining beside it — bright and exciting.
2.1. It is the worst night of the winter, dark, with ninety-seven steps to climb. 2. Grace sitting halfway up the dark stairs with the oil can — exhausted, which is the mood the paragraph carries.
Questions about Mood from the Words
What does the Mood from the Words worksheet cover?
It practises working out what an illustration would need to convey — 2 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core RL.3.7: Explain what the illustrations add to the mood or the characters. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Mood from the Words practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7 — RL.3.7, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Mood from the Words is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on RL.3.7, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Mood from the Words come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Mood from the Words can I print?
25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Mood from the Words free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Mood from the Words, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RL.3.7
Explain what the illustrations add to the mood or the characters.