1. THE WORD OF THE WEEK IS DEVIOUS
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THIS WORD BEFORE?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
Turn and talk to a neighbor about what this word means.

2. DEVIOUS dee-vee-uh s ADJECTIVE: DESCRIBES A NOUN DEFINITION:
WILLING TO LIE AND TRICK PEOPLE IN ORDER TO GET WHAT IS WANTED

3. Can you think of book or movie characters that are devious?
SYNONYMS
Can you think of book or movie characters that are devious?
SNEAKY
SLY
SHREWD
DECEITFUL

4. ANTONYMS TRUSTWORTHY TRUTHFUL SINCERE FAIR
Would you want to be friends with someone who was devious, or someone who was the opposite of that?
TRUSTWORTHY
TRUTHFUL
SINCERE
FAIR

5. AFTER CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION, THE DETECTIVE WAS ABLE TO UNCOVER THE DEVIOUS PLOT DEVISED BY THE BANK ROBBERS.
Can you figure out what devised means based on this sentence?

6. WHEN MY BROTHER GAVE ME A DEVIOUS GRIN WHILE MY MOM WASN’T LOOKING, I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING I WOULD NOT LIKE!

7. AFTER THE PRINCIPAL DISCOVERED THE STUDENTS’ DEVIOUS PLAN TO CHEAT ON THE MATH EXAM, SHE SUSPENDED EVERYONE INVOLVED.

8. WRITE TO EXPLAIN A TIME WHEN YOU WERE DEVIOUS
WRITE TO EXPLAIN A TIME WHEN YOU WERE DEVIOUS. BE SURE TO INCLUDE; WHO WAS INVOLVED, WHAT HAPPENED, WHERE THIS OCCURRED AND WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS. CHALLENGE YOURSELF BY USING SOME SYNONYMS IN YOUR WRITING.