Reading a Play or Poem is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on telling a story, a play and a poem apart by how each is written, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.10. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Reading a Play or Poem

RL.3.10

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Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one: Story or Play or Poem?

Sort: MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs., Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up.

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2.Sort each one: Story or Play or Poem?

Sort: ACT ONE. A busy railway platform., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge., JON: That is worse., Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark.

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3.Sort each one: Story or Play or Poem?

Sort: By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter., PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.), The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. — Story 2. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 3. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 4. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem 5. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play 6. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem
2.1. ACT ONE. A busy railway platform. — Play 2. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 3. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 4. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 5. JON: That is worse. — Play 6. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem
3.1. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 2. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 3. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 4. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 5. Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows. — Poem 6. The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night. — Poem

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.