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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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: CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter.

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

Sort: PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge., Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map.

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

Sort: Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs., JON: That is worse., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 3. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 4. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — 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
2.1. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 2. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 3. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem 4. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 5. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem 6. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play
3.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 3. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 4. JON: That is worse. — Play 5. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 6. My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws. — Poem

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