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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: Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., 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., Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,

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

Sort: Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up., Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows.

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

Sort: The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know. — Play 3. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 4. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 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. 2.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 3. Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. — Story 4. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 5. Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows. — Poem 6. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem
  3. 3.1. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 2. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 3. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 4. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 5. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem 6. The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night. — Poem

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