Penguin Readers Teacher Support Programme
Teacher’s notes
LEVEL 4
PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme
Evening Class
Maeve Binchy group, their lives are transformed as the story develops. All characters have problems and issues to resolve, and manage to do so by the end of the story, which culminates in a trip to Italy. Chapter 1: Aidan, a teacher at Moutainview School, is undergoing a difficult time. His wife, Nell, and his daughters, Grania and Brigid, are becoming distant. The position of Principal at school, which he expects to be offered, is given to Tony O’Brien, a popular teacher who spends his free time at parties and with younger woman. Without anyone knowing who the other party is, Grania and Tony have been going out. Tony informs Adain that he’s been given the job and organizes Italian evening classes under Aidan’s supervision. Garnia gets angry at Tony. Chapter 2: Nora O’Donoghue, a beautiful Irish young woman, meets Mario, an Italian, in London. They fall in love, but Mario goes back to Italy to marry Gabriella, as his family has arranged. Nora moves to his town, Annunziata – where she becomes known as Signora – just to be near him. After 26 years, Mario dies in a car accident, and his widow asks Nora to leave. She returns to Dublin and rents a room at the Sullivans’s house. She is a good influence for the family, and particularly for their son, Jimmy, who goes to Mountainview School. Tony O’Brian introduces her to Aidan, who also loves Italy. Chapter 3: Bill Burke works with Grania at a bank. His girlfriend, Lizzie, is a beautiful young girl interested in money and fun. Bill finds it difficult to make ends meet; he wants to help his family and tries to keep up to Lizzie’s expectations. An announcement of possible openings in the continent for young people at the bank who speak other languages leads him and Lizzie to the Italian classes. He borrows money from the bank, which he expects to pay back. When he learns that Lizzie’s mother left the family when she was a girl, he understands
LEVEL 4
PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme
Evening Class
Maeve Binchy group, their lives are transformed as the story develops. All characters have problems and issues to resolve, and manage to do so by the end of the story, which culminates in a trip to Italy. Chapter 1: Aidan, a teacher at Moutainview School, is undergoing a difficult time. His wife, Nell, and his daughters, Grania and Brigid, are becoming distant. The position of Principal at school, which he expects to be offered, is given to Tony O’Brien, a popular teacher who spends his free time at parties and with younger woman. Without anyone knowing who the other party is, Grania and Tony have been going out. Tony informs Adain that he’s been given the job and organizes Italian evening classes under Aidan’s supervision. Garnia gets angry at Tony. Chapter 2: Nora O’Donoghue, a beautiful Irish young woman, meets Mario, an Italian, in London. They fall in love, but Mario goes back to Italy to marry Gabriella, as his family has arranged. Nora moves to his town, Annunziata – where she becomes known as Signora – just to be near him. After 26 years, Mario dies in a car accident, and his widow asks Nora to leave. She returns to Dublin and rents a room at the Sullivans’s house. She is a good influence for the family, and particularly for their son, Jimmy, who goes to Mountainview School. Tony O’Brian introduces her to Aidan, who also loves Italy. Chapter 3: Bill Burke works with Grania at a bank. His girlfriend, Lizzie, is a beautiful young girl interested in money and fun. Bill finds it difficult to make ends meet; he wants to help his family and tries to keep up to Lizzie’s expectations. An announcement of possible openings in the continent for young people at the bank who speak other languages leads him and Lizzie to the Italian classes. He borrows money from the bank, which he expects to pay back. When he learns that Lizzie’s mother left the family when she was a girl, he understands