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: "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river.

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

Sort: CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., ACT ONE. A busy railway platform., The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs.

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

Sort: Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., JON: That is worse., (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.)

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 3. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 4. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 5. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 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. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 3. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 4. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 5. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem 6. The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night. — Poem
3.1. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 2. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — 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

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