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Poem, play or prose? Spot the features

4th grade (Year 5 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: RL.4.5 · England: Y3/4 Reading (poetry and play scripts), Y4 Reading

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The Drone at the Marsh (a play)

CAST: NIA, a young volunteer · AMIR, her older cousin · MRS HOLT, the nature reserve warden SCENE: A wooden bird hide at the edge of a marsh. Early morning. (NIA peers through binoculars. AMIR carries a small drone and a controller.) AMIR: (cheerfully) Watch this, Nia. I'll fly it over the reeds and film the whole marsh. NIA: (lowering the binoculars) Wait! The terns are nesting out there. AMIR: It's only a little drone. They won't even notice. (MRS HOLT enters, holding a clipboard.) MRS HOLT: Morning, both. Is that a drone? AMIR: (proudly) It has a 4K camera. MRS HOLT: (gently) Birds may think a drone is a hawk. If the parents fly off their nests, the eggs can get cold. NIA: So filming them could hurt them. (AMIR looks at the drone, then at the marsh. A pause.) AMIR: (quietly) I didn't know that. Could I film the car park instead, and show people where the hide is? MRS HOLT: (smiling) That would be very helpful.

  1. Question 1

    Read "The Drone at the Marsh (a play)". What are the words in brackets, such as (proudly) and (A pause.), called?

    • A. captions
    • B. verses
    • C. chapters
    • D. stage directions

  1. Question 2

    Robot, robot, tidy my room, sweep up the socks with your whirring broom. Robot, robot, don't eat my sweets! Robot, robot, wash the sheets! Is this a poem, a play or prose?

    • A. poem
    • B. play
    • C. prose

The Drone at the Marsh (a play)

CAST: NIA, a young volunteer · AMIR, her older cousin · MRS HOLT, the nature reserve warden SCENE: A wooden bird hide at the edge of a marsh. Early morning. (NIA peers through binoculars. AMIR carries a small drone and a controller.) AMIR: (cheerfully) Watch this, Nia. I'll fly it over the reeds and film the whole marsh. NIA: (lowering the binoculars) Wait! The terns are nesting out there. AMIR: It's only a little drone. They won't even notice. (MRS HOLT enters, holding a clipboard.) MRS HOLT: Morning, both. Is that a drone? AMIR: (proudly) It has a 4K camera. MRS HOLT: (gently) Birds may think a drone is a hawk. If the parents fly off their nests, the eggs can get cold. NIA: So filming them could hurt them. (AMIR looks at the drone, then at the marsh. A pause.) AMIR: (quietly) I didn't know that. Could I film the car park instead, and show people where the hide is? MRS HOLT: (smiling) That would be very helpful.

  1. Question 3

    Read "The Drone at the Marsh (a play)". Which feature shows that this is a play script?

    • A. it is written in rhyming verses
    • B. character names followed by their lines, and stage directions in brackets
    • C. it has a headline and a date
    • D. it has numbered steps

  1. Question 4

    Choose the right word. The beat or pattern of sounds in a poem is called…

    • A. a scene
    • B. a stage direction
    • C. rhythm
    • D. a chapter

The Drone at the Marsh (a play)

CAST: NIA, a young volunteer · AMIR, her older cousin · MRS HOLT, the nature reserve warden SCENE: A wooden bird hide at the edge of a marsh. Early morning. (NIA peers through binoculars. AMIR carries a small drone and a controller.) AMIR: (cheerfully) Watch this, Nia. I'll fly it over the reeds and film the whole marsh. NIA: (lowering the binoculars) Wait! The terns are nesting out there. AMIR: It's only a little drone. They won't even notice. (MRS HOLT enters, holding a clipboard.) MRS HOLT: Morning, both. Is that a drone? AMIR: (proudly) It has a 4K camera. MRS HOLT: (gently) Birds may think a drone is a hawk. If the parents fly off their nests, the eggs can get cold. NIA: So filming them could hurt them. (AMIR looks at the drone, then at the marsh. A pause.) AMIR: (quietly) I didn't know that. Could I film the car park instead, and show people where the hide is? MRS HOLT: (smiling) That would be very helpful.

  1. Question 5

    Read "The Drone at the Marsh (a play)". What are the words in brackets, such as (proudly) and (A pause.), called?

    • A. verses
    • B. chapters
    • C. stage directions
    • D. captions

  1. Question 6

    Maya peered into the box. It was empty. Joe insisted he had put the map there that morning, but there was no sign of it. Somewhere behind them, a door creaked, and they both froze. Is this a poem, a play or prose?

    • A. poem
    • B. play
    • C. prose

The Drone at the Marsh (a play)

CAST: NIA, a young volunteer · AMIR, her older cousin · MRS HOLT, the nature reserve warden SCENE: A wooden bird hide at the edge of a marsh. Early morning. (NIA peers through binoculars. AMIR carries a small drone and a controller.) AMIR: (cheerfully) Watch this, Nia. I'll fly it over the reeds and film the whole marsh. NIA: (lowering the binoculars) Wait! The terns are nesting out there. AMIR: It's only a little drone. They won't even notice. (MRS HOLT enters, holding a clipboard.) MRS HOLT: Morning, both. Is that a drone? AMIR: (proudly) It has a 4K camera. MRS HOLT: (gently) Birds may think a drone is a hawk. If the parents fly off their nests, the eggs can get cold. NIA: So filming them could hurt them. (AMIR looks at the drone, then at the marsh. A pause.) AMIR: (quietly) I didn't know that. Could I film the car park instead, and show people where the hide is? MRS HOLT: (smiling) That would be very helpful.

  1. Question 7

    Read "The Drone at the Marsh (a play)". Which feature shows that this is a play script?

    • A. it has a headline and a date
    • B. it has numbered steps
    • C. it is written in rhyming verses
    • D. character names followed by their lines, and stage directions in brackets

  1. Question 8

    Choose the right word. The list of characters at the start of a play is the…

    • A. glossary
    • B. index
    • C. stanza
    • D. cast list

The Drone at the Marsh (a play)

CAST: NIA, a young volunteer · AMIR, her older cousin · MRS HOLT, the nature reserve warden SCENE: A wooden bird hide at the edge of a marsh. Early morning. (NIA peers through binoculars. AMIR carries a small drone and a controller.) AMIR: (cheerfully) Watch this, Nia. I'll fly it over the reeds and film the whole marsh. NIA: (lowering the binoculars) Wait! The terns are nesting out there. AMIR: It's only a little drone. They won't even notice. (MRS HOLT enters, holding a clipboard.) MRS HOLT: Morning, both. Is that a drone? AMIR: (proudly) It has a 4K camera. MRS HOLT: (gently) Birds may think a drone is a hawk. If the parents fly off their nests, the eggs can get cold. NIA: So filming them could hurt them. (AMIR looks at the drone, then at the marsh. A pause.) AMIR: (quietly) I didn't know that. Could I film the car park instead, and show people where the hide is? MRS HOLT: (smiling) That would be very helpful.

  1. Question 9

    Read "The Drone at the Marsh (a play)". What are the words in brackets, such as (proudly) and (A pause.), called?

    • A. verses
    • B. chapters
    • C. captions
    • D. stage directions

  1. Question 10

    Maya peered into the box. It was empty. Joe insisted he had put the map there that morning, but there was no sign of it. Somewhere behind them, a door creaked, and they both froze. Is this a poem, a play or prose?

    • A. poem
    • B. play
    • C. prose

The Drone at the Marsh (a play)

CAST: NIA, a young volunteer · AMIR, her older cousin · MRS HOLT, the nature reserve warden SCENE: A wooden bird hide at the edge of a marsh. Early morning. (NIA peers through binoculars. AMIR carries a small drone and a controller.) AMIR: (cheerfully) Watch this, Nia. I'll fly it over the reeds and film the whole marsh. NIA: (lowering the binoculars) Wait! The terns are nesting out there. AMIR: It's only a little drone. They won't even notice. (MRS HOLT enters, holding a clipboard.) MRS HOLT: Morning, both. Is that a drone? AMIR: (proudly) It has a 4K camera. MRS HOLT: (gently) Birds may think a drone is a hawk. If the parents fly off their nests, the eggs can get cold. NIA: So filming them could hurt them. (AMIR looks at the drone, then at the marsh. A pause.) AMIR: (quietly) I didn't know that. Could I film the car park instead, and show people where the hide is? MRS HOLT: (smiling) That would be very helpful.

  1. Question 11

    Read "The Drone at the Marsh (a play)". Which feature shows that this is a play script?

    • A. it is written in rhyming verses
    • B. it has numbered steps
    • C. it has a headline and a date
    • D. character names followed by their lines, and stage directions in brackets

  1. Question 12

    Choose the right word. The words a character speaks in a play are called…

    • A. dialogue
    • B. stage directions
    • C. a stanza
    • D. the cast

The Drone at the Marsh (a play)

CAST: NIA, a young volunteer · AMIR, her older cousin · MRS HOLT, the nature reserve warden SCENE: A wooden bird hide at the edge of a marsh. Early morning. (NIA peers through binoculars. AMIR carries a small drone and a controller.) AMIR: (cheerfully) Watch this, Nia. I'll fly it over the reeds and film the whole marsh. NIA: (lowering the binoculars) Wait! The terns are nesting out there. AMIR: It's only a little drone. They won't even notice. (MRS HOLT enters, holding a clipboard.) MRS HOLT: Morning, both. Is that a drone? AMIR: (proudly) It has a 4K camera. MRS HOLT: (gently) Birds may think a drone is a hawk. If the parents fly off their nests, the eggs can get cold. NIA: So filming them could hurt them. (AMIR looks at the drone, then at the marsh. A pause.) AMIR: (quietly) I didn't know that. Could I film the car park instead, and show people where the hide is? MRS HOLT: (smiling) That would be very helpful.

  1. Question 13

    Read "The Drone at the Marsh (a play)". What are the words in brackets, such as (proudly) and (A pause.), called?

    • A. chapters
    • B. verses
    • C. captions
    • D. stage directions

  1. Question 14

    Robot, robot, tidy my room, sweep up the socks with your whirring broom. Robot, robot, don't eat my sweets! Robot, robot, wash the sheets! Is this a poem, a play or prose?

    • A. poem
    • B. play
    • C. prose

The Drone at the Marsh (a play)

CAST: NIA, a young volunteer · AMIR, her older cousin · MRS HOLT, the nature reserve warden SCENE: A wooden bird hide at the edge of a marsh. Early morning. (NIA peers through binoculars. AMIR carries a small drone and a controller.) AMIR: (cheerfully) Watch this, Nia. I'll fly it over the reeds and film the whole marsh. NIA: (lowering the binoculars) Wait! The terns are nesting out there. AMIR: It's only a little drone. They won't even notice. (MRS HOLT enters, holding a clipboard.) MRS HOLT: Morning, both. Is that a drone? AMIR: (proudly) It has a 4K camera. MRS HOLT: (gently) Birds may think a drone is a hawk. If the parents fly off their nests, the eggs can get cold. NIA: So filming them could hurt them. (AMIR looks at the drone, then at the marsh. A pause.) AMIR: (quietly) I didn't know that. Could I film the car park instead, and show people where the hide is? MRS HOLT: (smiling) That would be very helpful.

  1. Question 15

    Read "The Drone at the Marsh (a play)". Which feature shows that this is a play script?

    • A. character names followed by their lines, and stage directions in brackets
    • B. it is written in rhyming verses
    • C. it has numbered steps
    • D. it has a headline and a date

  1. Question 16

    Choose the right word. A group of lines in a poem is called a…

    • A. scene
    • B. paragraph
    • C. cast
    • D. verse (or stanza)

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Answer key: Poem, play or prose? Spot the features

  1. 1. D. stage directions

  2. 2. A. poem

  3. 3. B. character names followed by their lines, and stage directions in brackets

  4. 4. C. rhythm

  5. 5. C. stage directions

  6. 6. C. prose

  7. 7. D. character names followed by their lines, and stage directions in brackets

  8. 8. D. cast list

  9. 9. D. stage directions

  10. 10. C. prose

  11. 11. D. character names followed by their lines, and stage directions in brackets

  12. 12. A. dialogue

  13. 13. D. stage directions

  14. 14. A. poem

  15. 15. A. character names followed by their lines, and stage directions in brackets

  16. 16. D. verse (or stanza)