How to change negative things into positive ones this Christmas. This amazing new Scrabble film will warm your heart and improve your vocabulary.
DESCRIPTION
In the ad, a father finds an abandoned dog in a parking lot, and decides to bring him home. That kindness reverberates through his family's Christmas celebrations, helping to raise everyone's spirits in different ways—though mostly by cheering up his sullen teenage daughter, who decides to actually be nice to her loved ones for a change. At every step, the narrator describes all the action using "Antigrams"—words whose letters can also form a word with opposite meaning. "Violence" becomes "Nice Love." "Silent" becomes "Listen." "Fluster" becomes "Restful." And so on.
LESSON IDEAS
1. Give students a list of words and see if they can find make anagrams. You can find loads of examples here.
2. Download the anagram worksheets you can find here.
3. Use the transcript as the basis for a gap-fill activity. Here's one I did earlier.
TRANSCRIPT
At least once a year, magic actually happens. "Violence" has the chance to turn into "nice love". Those who live in a silent world can also start to listen. And the one you thought was a monster, can become one of your closest mentors. No matter what puts people in a fluster, it might also make them feel restful. And a misfortune, well actually, it's more fun. So if this Christmas you feel that something is untied, remember, this is the time of year to be united again.
ALSO SEE
• Scrabble Finds Christmas Cheer in Wordplay With Its Latest Cute Anagrams Ad (AdWeek)
• Scrabble "Anagram Lovers" (YouTube)
