English 3S

Course Description

The English 3 course is designed to build stronger reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills.  The digital curriculum will encourage advancement in skills necessary for college and career readiness.  The curriculum navigates through American nonfiction and fiction allowing for a framework of analysis; while, multimedia resources bolster the unit by providing current, relatable, and relevant material to assist students in gaining an understanding of themes.  Research and synthesis skills will be reemphasized, with a continued emphasis on citing textual evidence and establishing habits of close reading. Throughout the course, writing, listening, grammar, usage, and mechanics skills will be fostered within the context of the text. 

AI Policy

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a helpful learning tool; however, it is not permitted in this class unless your teacher specifically gives you permission and explains how it may be used. It is important that you develop your own ideas, voice, and ability to work through challenging assignments independently. Your work should reflect your own thinking, effort, and learning, and you should never submit AI-generated work as your own.

As a result, all digital assignments must be completed directly on the Google Document provided and attached to the assignment by your teacher. This allows your teacher to monitor your revision and work history throughout the assignment. If AI use is suspected, AI detection tools may be used to help determine whether unauthorized AI assistance was involved.

All physical copies of assignments are expected to be completed to the best of your ability during class time. If you need additional time to finish an assignment, you may be permitted to take it home only after you have used your class time effectively and made a genuine effort to complete the work in class.

Using AI without permission will result in a ZERO on the assignment. For a first offense, you will receive a warning and will be given the opportunity to revise and resubmit the assignment using your own words, ideas, and thinking. A second offense will result in an automatic ZERO on the assignment with no opportunity for a makeup or resubmission.