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: (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything.

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

Sort: PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs., By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below., Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed.

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

Sort: Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., JON: That is worse., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 21. 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. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 4. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 5. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem 6. The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night. — Poem
2.1. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 2. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 3. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 4. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 5. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem 6. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play
3.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 3. JON: That is worse. — Play 4. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 5. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem 6. Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows. — Poem

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