Published
English for Homeschooling
The English Hour
A path, not a percentile. The child writes the draft. The parent hears a wrong answer in the code, the sentence, and the claim. A model can drill; it cannot take the exam of being understood. Birthday is not placement.
Editorial principle
You write the draft. No hidden AI homework. If a sentence isn't yours, it doesn't go in the folder.
- Chronology
- 2026
- Length
- ~70,000 words
- Reading time
- ~4.5 hours · 194 pages
Authors
Michael Gannotti
The voices
1 figures across 2026. Each speaks in their own voice, through their own texts.
The parent-teacher
nowEnglish hour
Core question: Whose sentence is it?
The adult who hears a wrong answer — not an author with the child's name on it.
Chapters
14 chapters. The disagreement is not resolved.
- Complete
Welcome
Welcome
What is the English hour still for?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
How to Use
How to Use This Book This Week
What can you run on a Tuesday?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Five Things
If You Only Remember Five Things
What must hold if the rest is ignored?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
The Hour
The English Hour
What does a session of reading and writing actually look like?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 1
Grades 1–2: Sounds, letters, and first sentences
What has to hold before fluency?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 2
Grades 3–5: Fluency, knowledge, and paragraphs
Can they read and write a paragraph they own?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 3
Grades 6–8: Longer books, argument paragraphs, grammar in the sentence
Can a claim survive a longer book?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 4
Composition
Whose draft is it?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 5
Literature
Is the book taught, or listed?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 6
Language
Does grammar live in the sentence they wrote?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 7
Research and rhetoric
Can they document a claim?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 8
Speaking, listening, and media
Can a person in the room hear them?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 9
Records
What still has to leave the house?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 10
Resources
Which program fits this hour, and which does not?
Voices: parent-teacher