1. Practicing Reading Strategies
Vocabulary

2. Dream Deferred and Annabel Lee Vocabulary
coveted – (verb) to wish, or crave for something that belongs to someone else
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven coveted her and me.
kinsman – (noun) a blood relative, especially a male.
Her highborn kinsman came and bore her away from me.
dissever – (verb) to sever; separate; to cut apart
Neither the angels nor the demons can ever dissever my soul from the soul of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
deferred – (verb) to put off action; delay.
What happens to a dream deferred?
fester – (verb) to become rotten; decay; to form pus
Or, fester like a sore?
allegiance – (noun) the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
contempt – (noun) the attitude or feeling towards a person or thing that is considered worthless or beneath them
The Hare soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the Tortoise.