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English for Emerging Adults with Dyslexia

The English Hour (Structured Literacy for Ages 15–18)

A teaching manual for English with a fifteen- to eighteen-year-old who finds word reading and spelling unexpectedly hard. It does not diagnose. It teaches a parent how to run Structured Literacy intensity at that table — if “phonics is over in high school,” wait-until-college, and “just read more” are not allowed to pass as the intervention.

Editorial principle

Ages 15–18 only. Age does not retire decoding. Short sharp sits. The student holds the pencil. You hold the key. The guide, if any, waits.

Chronology
2026
Length
~62,000 words
Reading time
~5 hours · 229 pages

Authors

Michael Gannotti

The voices

1 figures across 2026. Each speaks in their own voice, through their own texts.

  • The parent-teacher

    now

    Structured literacy

    Core question: Can you hear “phonics is over in high school” when the code is not finished?

    One adult, ages 15–18 at the table — not a reading clinic down the hall.

Chapters

14 chapters. The disagreement is not resolved.

  1. Welcome

    Welcome

    Complete

    What is the Structured Literacy hour still for at fifteen to eighteen?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  2. How to Use

    How to Use This Book This Week

    Complete

    What can you run on a Tuesday?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  3. Five Things

    If You Only Remember Five Things

    Complete

    What must hold if the rest is ignored?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  4. The Hour

    The English Hour (Structured Literacy for Ages 15–18)

    Complete

    What does a session of Structured Literacy actually look like?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  5. Chapter 1

    What dyslexia looks like at 15–18

    Complete

    Is this a diagnosis, or a teaching profile?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  6. Chapter 2

    Multisyllabic decoding repair

    Complete

    Is the code finished because they are in high school?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  7. Chapter 3

    Encoding and spelling

    Complete

    Can they write the word they just read?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  8. Chapter 4

    Morphology denser in HS text

    Complete

    Do the parts of the word still mean in this page?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  9. Chapter 5

    Fluency after accuracy

    Complete

    Is a stopwatch the first fluency move?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  10. Chapter 6

    Vocabulary in use and comprehension on accessible text

    Complete

    Is “just read more” comprehension?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  11. Chapter 7

    Writing and research with adaptations

    Complete

    Can they write and open a source without abandoning the code?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  12. Chapter 8

    Short assessments and progress checks

    Complete

    What did today’s errors teach tomorrow?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  13. Chapter 9

    Records

    Complete

    What still has to leave the house?

    Voices: parent-teacher

  14. Chapter 10

    Resources

    Complete

    Which program fits this hour, and which does not?

    Voices: parent-teacher