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 * Assessment 1:**


 * Engagement with an early years liter****acy learner and a teacher and their teaching program**

The aim of the exercise is to gain knowledge of learner’s literacy capacities by analysing their reading, writing and comprehension abilities. It allows the pre-service teacher to effectively determine their learner's phase in literacy development and how to scaffold the students learning to the next stage (Hill: 17).

The early years learner (Penny) is a 7-year-old child in Grade Two. She comes from a middle-class Italian/Australian family and attends a Catholic co-ed primary school. She lives in the eastern suburbs with her Father, Mother and two siblings. She is the middle child.

After interviewing Penny, I discovered that she enjoys writing. Penny is currently writing a story with her friends in class. This story is based on the fairy-tale, Cinderella and knowing this, I chose a book based on Little Red Riding Hood. She is a very social person that communicates well, possibly because she likes reading and reads to her parents at night. Penny was happy to write the answers on the reading/writing interest survey and expressed that it was an easy task and she does more work at school. This information is important to know because teachers build teaching strategies to fit the context and experiences of children (Hill: 17).

This exercise also includes teacher engagement by observing a literacy program (Literacy block) and teaching approaches that are to be compared with ideal models described in professional readings.

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