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Cathleen GreenwoodCathleen Foster Greenwood is a published writer, teacher, and veteran presenter at professional conferences in teaching and writing. Her students have won awards and recognition - most recently, five national and eleven regional award winners in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards – and have published writing in a variety of magazines and journals. Cathy coauthored So, You Wanna Be A Writer? (Beyond Words Publishing) with Vicki Hambleton, and Grammar Lessons You’ll Love to Teach, (Scholastic) with Ruth Townsend Story. Cathy has also published poems, short stories, and essays in English Journal (NCTE), English Record and Monograph (NYSEC), AIM magazine and more. She is the coordinator of the annual Young Authors Conference for over 350 high school writers from over 25 school districts. Cathy teaches at the Rippowam Cisqua School in Bedford, NY and loves to see young writers in print.

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Cathleen Greenwood's Selected Presentations
Professional Articles
Cathleen's publications have appeared in English Journal, the NYSEC News, and in various poetry anthologies.
Presentations and Workshop Titles
Presentation topics include grammar and writing instruction. Cathleen has presented at the NCTE Annual Convention, the Young Author's Conference, and the New York State English Council.
Awards and Honors
Cathleen has won educator of the year and educator of excellence awards and been honored by the New York State English Council, English Journal, and has won an O'Rourke Prize for using Understanding by Design.
Published Works by Cathleen Greenwood
Books by Cathleen Greenwood
This consultant is an author of Grammar Lessons You Will Love to Teach with coauthor, Ruth Townsend Story, and a writing book So, You Wanna Be A Writer? with coauthor, Vicki Hambleton.
English Journal for Staff Development
English JournalCathleen has published in English Journal throughout the years. This issue focuses on different contexts for teaching grammar. Individual journal issues make for an inexpensive method to deepen teachers' knowledge as part of a staff development experience.
Related Resources
Grammar Resources to Extend the Learning
Grammar KitLearn to teach grammar in context with this practical resource from NCTE. Featuring Grammar Alive! and 12 articles from English Journal, Voices from the Middle, and Language Arts, this kit provides strategies for teaching grammar in context, addressing dialect and language variations, and teaching grammar to English language learners.
Education and Professional Experiences
Cathleen has taught middle and high school students in New York schools for more than 20 years. She also presents at various institutes, including a summer Shakespeare course and a teen ink writing program in London. Cathleen has a Master of Arts degree in writing from the Northeastern University Institute for Teaching and Writing in Boston and an MBA from Adelphi University.
 
 
 
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