Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively

Linda D. Friedrich, Ph.D., is the director 

of research and evaluation for the National 

Writing Project. In her position, she leads the 

organization’s writing assessment efforts and 

works closely with teacher leaders and uni-

versity faculty to design research-based pro-

fessional development and create formative 

assessment tools for writing. Dr. Friedrich is 

the author or co-author of numerous journal 

articles and a professional book, How Teach-

ers Become Leaders: Learning from Practice 

and Research. 

Katie Greene, Ed.S., is an English teacher at 

West Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia. 

She has been teaching for ten years. She serves 

on the executive committee for the National 

Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and is 

currently the chairperson of NCTE’s secondary 

section steering committee. She is the author of 

numerous journal articles, and she has pre-

sented at many local, state, and national confer-

ences. She was named a National High School 

Teacher of Excellence by NCTE in 2012.