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A Greek Island-Amorgos A Greek Island - Amorgos: Day & Date: Sunday, 12 April

Dimitra and her family took a 11-hour ferry ride from Piraeus to visit the Greek island of Amorgos, stopping at four other islands along the way. Amorgos is 35km long and 6km wide with a rocky countryside of steep hillsides and narrow, winding roads running north to south. Dimitra's cousins live in the fishing port town of Egiali on Amorgos, which has a large harbor, wide sandy beach, and is built on a hill with narrow, stepped streets. The lesson teaches students about Dimitra's experience visiting family on Amorgos and the geographic features of the island.

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A Greek Island-Amorgos A Greek Island - Amorgos: Day & Date: Sunday, 12 April

Dimitra and her family took a 11-hour ferry ride from Piraeus to visit the Greek island of Amorgos, stopping at four other islands along the way. Amorgos is 35km long and 6km wide with a rocky countryside of steep hillsides and narrow, winding roads running north to south. Dimitra's cousins live in the fishing port town of Egiali on Amorgos, which has a large harbor, wide sandy beach, and is built on a hill with narrow, stepped streets. The lesson teaches students about Dimitra's experience visiting family on Amorgos and the geographic features of the island.

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A GREEK

ISLAND-
 
AMORGOS
Day & Date:
SUNDAY, 12th APRIL

Learning objectives:  
The students will
1.Know about Dimitra’s visit to Greek
Island Amorgos.
2. Learn about different features of
Amorgos.
Unit
Let’s begin with 8:Greece
a new topic …… Lesson 3: A Greek
Island

Keep your Geography


textbook, notebook &
stationery items with
you.
A GREEK ISLAND

What is it like to visit Amorgos?


• Dimitra & family catch the ferry from Piraeus.
• It takes 11 hours to reach Amorgos & they stop at four other islands
before they get there.

Features of
Amorgos.
KEYWORDS
(copy down this to  Amorgos is 35km long & 6km wide.
your notebook)
Beach  The country side is rocky with steep hillsides.
Monastery  Roads are narrow from north to south of island.
Port
Taverna
cliffs
Let’s watch a video on Amorgos .
Egial
i
Dimitra’s cousins live in a
fishing port called Egiali.
It has large harbor & a wide
sandy beach.
The town is built on a hill.
See page no 48 It has narrow streets with
in Text book
steep steps.
MAP WORK
Draw a route map for tourists
travelling from Tholaria to Katapoli
by bus. Describe what they might
see along the way
 Ferries link Piraeus to 60 islands.
 There are 250 sunny days in Greek islands.
 There are more than 200 islands in Greek
 The largest is Crete island.

*Most of the ferries which go to the


islands leave from Piraeus harbour
Piraeus
harbour
Most of the houses in the town are
Dimitra’s
whitewashed to keep them cool in
collection
summer. of things
which
remind her
of the
holidays

Lunch at
taverna
Complete these questions in
your notebook & post on
EDMODO
1.How many islands are linked by ferry to
Piraeus?
2.What is Egiali like?
WOR
K 3.What would you most like to do if you were
TIME staying at the taverna on Amorgos?
4.Name the largest island in Greece.

Write down three things you think Dimitra


INVESTIGATION might want to tell you about Athens &
Amorgos.
SUCCESS CRITERIA
Lastly attend a poll  After this lesson you
on Edmodo portal in
order to give should be able to:
feedback on this  Learn about Dimitra’s travel to
lesson to determine
the success criteria. Amorgos
 Understand different features
of Amorgos.
 Show Comprehension skill by
answering related questions

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