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If you spend a lot of money to make a movie and then no one goes to see it, you call that movie a _____. Do you want to go the _____? They are showing a lot of documentaries about Taiwan. Did you see the line outside of Starbucks? There is a buy-one-get-one-free promotion all week. Did you see the _____ of Sleeping Beauty? It is called Maleficent. I hate _____ on Youtube. Especially the ads for Tik-Tok.  Mr. Becker is _____. He is the greatest teacher ever.  I won't cheat on the test because it is too _____. What if we get caught? You didn't see the last movie in the _____? That's the most important one! via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY

The problem that the charity addresses. Is it a local problem? A global problem?  How did the charity start? Who started it? Was there one incident that made someone decide they needed to help? What does the charity do? Who do they help? How do they raise money? Are they different from other charities in any way? Segue to the next topic.  My suggestion: Pick your interest THEN find a charity related to it. 

The origin of the mystery. What happened? When? Where? Talk about the popular theories, funny and serious. You may also want to explain how people came up with the theories.  Wrap up with a Maybe we will never know. Perhaps future researchers will be able to find the answers. This will remain a mystery for generations to come. Perhaps it is better not to know. Segue to the next group And now lets welcome A & B to the stage And now lets welcome our classmates who will bring us all the way down to South America for an ancient mystery.

Fans are _____ get tickets to see BTS. They waited in line for days to get tickets. Superhero movies are too _____. The good guys always win. Wow, did you see that sheep with blonde hair? ______. I'm a big ___ of Star Wars. Darth Vader is my favorite character.  Who's the guy who ____ in Ironman? Oh yeah, Robert Downey Jr. via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY When you see an actor in a movie drink Sprite, that is another kind of _____. McDonald's usually has some kind of _____ to go along with Disney movies, where you can get a free action figure from the movie with a Happy Meal. A movie that costs a lot of money, but doesn't make much is called a _____. Driving a scooter is ____. Accidents happen everyday. If the movie gets a bad ____ from an important person, less people will go to see it.  Flops Movie Guessing Machine

Mr. Becker is _______. He's not really that handsome.  ________, another test. Hualien is _______. (This is a pun/joke). That movie is ______. No one can stop a train by themselves. The love story was sweet, but kind of _____. There was no action or surprises. via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY I knew what was going to happen right away. The movie was too _____. You know that actress? I can't remember her name she _____  Hunger Games  and she was the blue lady in  X-Men . I'm a big _____ of animation. I love everything by Pixar.  Did you see her new hairdo? She looks _____. People must be _____ eat that. Did you see how long the line is? Tag Questions Quiz Tag Questions Quiz 2

If your ___ is to improve your English, then you should watch more English TV shows on Netflix. A ____ is a person that skips school for fun without permission. I try to ____ cheating on tests by making everyone sit in rows. This class _____ has been very productive. We learned a lot.  How about we _____ the Chinese a little, OK? This is an English class. Spare the rod and _____ the child.  Learning English is a long ____, it doesn't happen all at once.  If you don't behave, I will make you stay for ______.  There are three ways to ____ yourself physically: exercise, makeup or plastic surgery. Some _____ is learned and some is innate.  via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY

I don't know, man. A time-machine sounds a little ______. I don't really like Alan Walker. I think he's _____. _______! Visiting Mr. Becker's blog is a great idea. My shoes used to be shiny, but now they're ____. Also this class is ____, I am really bored.  The girls in Twice are _____, absolutely stunning! via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY

____ is another word for "ship". The passengers boarded the cruise ship at the ____. You should wear a mask today because the ____ of pollution are very high. Some military planes can ____ in the air.  The _____ is loud and creates a lot of smoke. The Tesla is a car that is very _____. via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY Taipei 101 is an impressive man-made skyscraper with a metro station that runs in a tunnel underneath.  The observation deck attracts tourists that claim that the view is more memorable than an undersea cafe.  I would never allow an architect to destroy my culture by building an earthscraper in a graveyard to showcase death.

I miss my friends from my _____ school. The _____ was full of cheering fans. This class is _____ hard. I have to stay up all night doing homework. The teacher is mean. He will not even _____ to go to the bathroom. He does not have enough money to pay _____ so now he sleeps in the park. I love designing buildings. I want to be an _____ when I grow up. If you want to go across the river, you have to take the _____. Taiwanese _____ is all about food and family. The school drama contest _____es the English and acting skills of students. The _____ is all underground. via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY The military uses a lot of _____ gear. A cruise ship is a water _____ that carries people. Some airplanes can ____ without landing. There is a large _____ in Kaohsiung. A lot of ships dock there.  The ____ was broken, so the car would not start. 

78-79 Review King Kong climbed to the top of the _____. Some people _____ that China and Taiwan are one family. The most ______ part of my vacation was looking at the stars. If you want to _____ butterflies, you need to grow a lot of flowers. China wants to build an _____ high speed rail tunnel to Taiwan. via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY via GIPHY