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: 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., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter.

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

Sort: The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs., Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.)

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

Sort: My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 2. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 3. GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know. — Play 4. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem 5. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 6. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play
2.1. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 2. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 3. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 4. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 5. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 6. The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night. — Poem
3.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 3. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 4. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 5. My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws. — Poem 6. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem

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