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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: Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know., Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map.

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

Sort: (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below.

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

Sort: Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., 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?", SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 2. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 3. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 4. GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know. — Play 5. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem 6. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem
  2. 2.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 3. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 4. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 5. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 6. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem
  3. 3.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 3. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem 4. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 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

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