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: Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up., JON: That is worse., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.)

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

Sort: (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., 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., PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", ACT ONE. A busy railway platform., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 2. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 3. Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. — Story 4. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 5. JON: That is worse. — Play 6. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem
2.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 3. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 4. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — 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. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. ACT ONE. A busy railway platform. — Play 3. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 4. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem 5. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 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.