Published
English for the Dyslexic
The English Hour (Structured Literacy)
A teaching manual for English with a child who finds word reading and spelling unexpectedly hard. It does not diagnose. It teaches a parent of grades 1–12 how to run Structured Literacy intensity: clear teaching, a planned sequence, daily review, and tomorrow’s lesson shaped by today’s errors — if colored overlays, a leveled ladder, and “just read more” are not allowed to pass as the intervention.
Editorial principle
Place by skill, not by birthday. Age does not retire decoding. Short sharp sits. The child holds the pencil. You hold the key. The guide, if any, waits.
- Chronology
- 2026
- Length
- ~74,000 words
- Reading time
- ~5.5 hours · 266 pages
Authors
Michael Gannotti
The voices
1 figures across 2026. Each speaks in their own voice, through their own texts.
The parent-teacher
nowStructured literacy
Core question: Can you hear “just read more” offered as the only intervention?
One adult, grades 1–12 at the table — not a reading clinic down the hall.
Chapters
14 chapters. The disagreement is not resolved.
- Complete
Welcome
Welcome
What is the Structured Literacy 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 (Structured Literacy)
What does a session of Structured Literacy actually look like?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 1
What dyslexia is (and isn’t)
Is this a diagnosis, or a teaching profile?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 2
Phonemic awareness with letters
Can they hear the sound with a letter in hand?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 3
Systematic phonics and decoding
Is a leveled ladder decoding?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 4
Encoding and spelling
Can they write the word they just read?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 5
Fluency after accuracy
Is a stopwatch the first fluency move?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 6
Vocabulary and morphology across the grades
Does age retire decoding?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 7
Comprehension on accessible text
Is “just read more” comprehension?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 8
Writing with adaptations
Can they write without abandoning spelling and sentence craft?
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