6th grade unit 1

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Lesson 1: Meeting the newcomers

1. Reading

This year the 6th Class of our International School welcomes some new pupils from different countries. All the other pupils want to know them better. They are reading the newcomers’ reports about their countries in the school newsletter. Read the reports below to find answers in the Geography quiz:

OUR NEWCOMERS TO SCHOOL

I come from Ukraine, the second largest country in Europe. It is between Poland and Moldavia in the west and Russia in the east. I don't come from the capital Kiev. My hometown is Odessa, on the coast of the Black Sea. Ukraine has got large plains but also high mountains, such as the Carpathians. The River Dnipo flows across the country splitting it in two parts. In winter the weather gets very cold. Summers are warm across the greater part of the country and cool along the Black Sea, so we spend much more time outdoors. A nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl, in 1986, is still causing serious environmental problems which worry Ukrainian people. Today we don't have enough drinking water supplies because of that accident. Despite these problems, I believe Ukraine is a beautiful country with outgoing and brave people. I love it very much.

Sasha

Albania, the ancient Illyria, is where I come from. My hometown is Tirana, the capital of Albania. Albania shares borders with Serbia, Montenegro and Greece. On the west, it is bordering the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea. The beaches are beautiful and during the hot, dry summers we swim in the clear sea, but in winter the temperature usually drops and it often rains heavily, so there are a lot of forests. We often have problems with natural disasters, such as earthquakes or tsunamis that happen along the South coast. Mother Teresa, the popular nun and humanitarian Nobel Prize winner, is of Albanian origin. My country is not very rich and our parents sometimes go to other countries, such as Italy, France or Greece, and work there. However, we miss our homeland.

Christina

Do you remember the ancient Colchis and the myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece? That is where I come from, Georgia. It is in the West Asia, bordering the Black Sea, which the Greeks called Pontus Euxinos, Turkey and Russia. The temperature is mild and it is usually sunny and warm. The country is mountainous, but along the coast we grow vines, tea and citrus fruit. In this area the temperature rarely drops below zero. Many people work in copper and coal mines, or in oil wells. Others sometimes leave their hometown to find work. My uncle works in T'blisi, the capital of Georgia.

Georgi

A. Look at the map and write the capital city next to each country. Then write in the relevant nationality.

Country	Capital	Nationality
Georgia	Select Capital T'blisi Batumi Kutaisi	Select Nationality Georgian Russian Turkish
Albania	Select Capital Durres Tirana Vlore	Select Nationality Greek Albanian Serbian
Ukraine	Select Capital Odessa Kiev Lviv	Select Nationality Polish Russian Ukrainian

B. Work in pairs. Use the information in the reports to fill in the table below:

Mountainous

Mild, sunny, warm

Natural disasters

Large plains & high mountains

Cold winters, warm summers

Environmental problems

Country	Terrain	Weather	Problems
Albania
Georgia
Ukraine

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