(1) A student at the advanced level in communication arts demonstrates superior performance. He/she demonstrates highly developed knowledge and skills that reflect a coherent understanding of the subject. He/she can transfer learning to other situations, can apply knowledge to question, reason, and solve problems, and employs metacognitive skills.

(a) The student demonstrates the knowledge and skills under communication arts speaking and listening content standard 1 by:

(i) analyzing components of the communication process;

(ii) applying elements of effective speaking;

(iii) applying elements of effective listening;

(iv) selecting a specific topic and developing the introduction, body, and conclusion;

(v) adapting to formal and informal audiences, settings, and purposes;

(vi) using feedback to monitor and adjust;

(vii) comparing and contrasting speaking and listening strategies in cultural stories; and

(viii) displaying respectful communication and orally referencing sources.

(b) The student demonstrates the knowledge and skills under communication arts reading content standard 2 by:

(i) decoding words;

(ii) expanding general and specialized vocabulary;

(iii) adjusting fluency;

(iv) identifying when comprehension breaks down and self-correcting;

(v) connecting text to self, text to text, and text to world;

(vi) revising and explaining predictions;

(vii) generating and answering literal and higher-order questions;

(viii) explaining a series of events to draw conclusions;

(ix) summarizing main ideas and details;

(x) making and justifying inferences;

(xi) analyzing text features;

(xii) comparing and contrasting information to draw a conclusion;

(xiii) explaining cause and effect across multiple texts;

(xiv) critiquing the author's purpose, points of view, language use, and credibility; and

(xv) setting goals and monitoring.

(c) The student demonstrates the knowledge and skills under communication arts literature content standard 3 by:

(i) comparing and contrasting literary elements;

(ii) analyzing language use and literary devices;

(iii) defining characteristics of genre;

(iv) interpreting influences of culture, history, and literature;

(v) comparing a variety of perspectives in literature; and

(vi) justifying personal ideas and feelings in response to literature.

(d) The student demonstrates the knowledge and skills under communication arts media literacy content standard 4 by:

(i) differentiating how techniques and technologies impact media messages;

(ii) analyzing credibility of media message sources;

(iii) analyzing purpose of fact, fiction, opinion, bias, and stereotypes in media messages;

(iv) applying proper use and creation of media messages;

(v) applying guidelines for using and creating media messages;

(vi) creating and analyzing media messages; and

(vii) identifying how media embeds values and influences.

(e) The student demonstrates the knowledge and skills under communication arts writing content standard 5 by:

(i) applying steps of the writing process;

(ii) selecting a topic and generating a thesis;

(iii) developing a main idea using a variety of details;

(iv) organizing writing using a progression of ideas;

(v) demonstrating knowledge of language choice and its impact;

(vi) applying conventions;

(vii) identifying and describing purpose, audience, format, style, and tone;

(viii) analyzing characteristics of writing forms and genres;

(ix) sustaining focus of topic in writing;

(x) using information problem solving process;

(xi) using information legally;

(xii) setting goals and monitoring writing; and

(xiii) using writing to think and learn.