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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: By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows., Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs.

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

Sort: The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., JON: That is worse., "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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3.Sort each one: Story or Play or Poem?

Sort: Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 2. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 3. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 4. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 5. Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows. — Poem 6. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem
  2. 2.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 3. JON: That is worse. — Play 4. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 5. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play 6. The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night. — Poem
  3. 3.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 3. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 4. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 5. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — 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.