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: Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows., Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too.

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

Sort: Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below., ACT ONE. A busy railway platform., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter.

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

Sort: Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge., Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., JON: That is worse., (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.)

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LessonPrint · RL.3.10 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 3. Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. — Story 4. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play 5. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem 6. Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows. — Poem
2.1. ACT ONE. A busy railway platform. — Play 2. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 3. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 4. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 5. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 6. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem
3.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 3. JON: That is worse. — Play 4. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 5. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem 6. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem

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