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I saw this on Free Technology for Teachers.  Shmoop (online study guide site) is running a poetry contest for high school students.  Read the poem “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost and answer the question posted on  http://bit.ly/bxRh94.  Deadline is May 28th.

Having trouble citing your papers? Not sure how to include parenthetical or type up the bibliography. Take a look at The Ultimate Writing Style Guide. Resources are available for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE. Thank you to Nathan Grimm in Seattle, Washington for sharing this with me on Twitter (n8ngrimm if you want to follow).

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