The Writer's Journey, Volume 2

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"(The) Writer's Journey Volume 2 is a wonderful program that not only strengthened my skills as a writer but taught me to be more critical and confident of myself. I look at my writing now and critique the weak parts and I am confident in my ability to just trash a report and start all over. I learned to be a sage, a wizard, a destroyer, a muse and a creator." — Megan, TIP Tester

Also available: The Writer’s Journey, Volume 1 (grades 6 – 8)

  • Grades 8-10

  • $55.00 plus $7.00 shipping and handling

  • Semester-long online course, required text sold separately

Have you met the challenge of The Writer’s Journey, Volume 1? Now master the arts of annotation, dialectical journaling, and critical reading while honing your diction and figurative language. Craft arguments, literary analyses, research papers, and descriptions. Learn the art of writing for blogs and the web, and study models of professional and student work geared to rigorous evaluative rubrics. Become familiar with a thorough revision process in order to bring out the best in your writing. Complete interactive quizzes and link to the Internet. With the help of an accompanying website, your mentor can assist you using additional guidelines, answer keys, and supplementary materials. Developed with SoftChalk LessonBuilder, 2009 SIAA CODie Award winner for “Best Education Technology Solution for Productivity/Creativity.”

Required texts (sold separately)

The Mercury Reader, a collection specially arranged for Duke TIP users, is available at Pearson Education for $47. To order by phone, call (800) 947-7700. You must refer to ISBN-10: 0536414289 when you place the order. Price is subject to change. Available only at Pearson Education.

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System requirements

 
Windows Mac
  • Windows 98 or higher
  • 450 MHz Intel Pentium II processor (or equivalent) and higher
  • IE 6 or higher, Firefox 1 or higher, Netscape 7 or higher, AOL 9 or higher, Opera 7.11 or higher
  • 128 MB RAM
  • 1024x768/ True colors
  • 16x CD-ROM
  • Mac OS X 10 or higher
  • PowerPC G3 500 MHz or higher
  • Intel 1.83 GHz or higher
  • Safari 1 or later or Firefox 1 or later (IE not supported)
  • 128MB RAM
  • Mac OS 9 is not supported