All of the students in Al Gallo's class are reading the novel, Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli. They have grand conversations about each chapter, respond in reading logs, and add important words from the chapters to the class word wall. These students are participating in a:
A) basal reading unit
B) reading workshop
C) content area unit
D) literature focus unit

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The activities described suggest that this is a literature focus unit, as the students are engaging deeply with a single novel through discussions, personal responses, and word acquisition. This is different from a basal reading unit, which typically involves reading shorter texts at a predetermined pace, or a content area unit, which would focus specifically on a content area (e.g. science, social studies) rather than a literary work. A reading workshop could be used to support any of these types of units but is not itself a unit of study.

All of the Students in Al Gallo's Class Are Reading