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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: (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.), Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows., PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday.

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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., Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night.

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

Sort: MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge., GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know., "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 2. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 3. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 4. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — 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. 2.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. — Story 3. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 4. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem 5. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play 6. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem
  3. 3.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 3. GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know. — 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. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem

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