Presentations by Cathleen F. Greenwood

NCTE Conferences & Conventions (National Council of Teachers of English)

• "Grammar Goddess Guide to Real Writing for the 21st Century." San Antonio: Nov. 2008.
• "Grammar Goddess Guide to Clear Thinking and Revising." New York City: Nov. 2007.
• “Return of the Grammar Goddess!” Indianapolis: 2004.
• “Be a Grammar Goddess!” Co-presenter, Ruth Townsend Story.  San Francisco: Nov. 2003.
• “Standards, Assessments, and Best Practices.” (Presenter.)    Chair, Rosalie Rafter; Co-presenters: Ruth Townsend Story, Peter Gouveia. Baltimore: Nov. 2001.
• “Conferences as Staff Development: Helping Teachers Grow as Learners.” (Presenter)  Co-chair, Ruth Townsend. Full day workshop,  Nashville: Nov. 1998.
• “The Quiet Ones: We Have a Lot to Learn from Each Other.”  (Chair & Presenter) Co-presenter: Yumiko Suzuki.  Albuquerque: Spring 1998.

Young Authors’ Conference (Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES)

• Conference Coordinator
  • 2005, Writing: Power and Possibility
  • 2004, Writing without Fear
  • 2003, True Lies and Real Writing
• Editing Day Coordinator 2003, 2004.
• Editor
  • 2004/2005, Young Authors’ Conference Anthology
• Presenter 1994–1998, 2000–2003.
  • Recent workshop titles:
    “Shout Your Barbaric Yawp!”;  “Poetry: The Power of A Writing Group ” ; “Write and Publish Your Brains Out!” ; “Screams, Whispers, And Just Plain Talk.”

New York State English Council (NYSEC)  Annual Fall Conference (Albany, New York)

Workshop Presentations:

• 2004: “Using Sketch Journals to Develop Reading Comprehension, Writing & Critical Thinking.”  Co-presenter, Linda Rief.
  “Return of the Grammar Goddess!” Co-presenter, Ruth Townsend Story
• 2003:  “Be a Grammar Goddess – Part II !”  Co-presenter, Ruth Townsend Story
• 2002: “Reading, Writing & Publishing: You Can Do It All!”
  “Be a Grammar Goddess!” Co-presenter Ruth Townsend Story
• 2001:“Student Authors Rule!  Learning, Writing, & Publishing Like Real Writers"
  “Teachers Who Write, Rule! Walk the Talk: Be a Writer While You Teach Writing”
• 2000 “Writing for Real and Winning with Writing”
• 1999 “Creative Writing: Lighten Up and Fit It In!”
• 1998, 1999, 2000:  “Educators of Excellence: A Sampling of Portfolios.”