Intiruge - Outline Chapters 1 -  4 -- by topic

grammar

-p. 6  irregular verbs: être, avoir, aller, faire, venir, vouloir, pouvoir

            -p. 8  conditional to be polite

            -p. 12-14  articles

            -p. 16  négation

            -p. 17-18  how to ask questions

            -p. 25-26 verbs  how to talk about the present (regular & spell-change & prendre)

            -p. 29  cher

            -p. 44-45 irregular verbs

            -p. 47-48 partitives & countable nouns

            -p. 49-50 how to ask for info

            -p. 53-54 how to give a command or make a suggestion

            -p. 55-57 how to tell what happened in the past

            -p. 58 how to tell what was happening, used to happen, describe in the past

            -p. 61 how to retell a story or event in the past

            -p. 64 passé simple

            -p. 77 irregular verbs (mettre, partir, sortir, tenir + similar)

            -p. 82-84 descriptive adjectives

            -p. 85 placement of adjectives & meanings

            -p. 86-86 how to show possession (my v. mine)

            -p. 92-83 how to express on-going actions with present participle

            -p. 94-95 how to use the past infinitive (after having done something…)

            -p. 97 wrap-up of how to speak in the past

            -p. 111 how to refer to age and use collective numbers

            -p. 111 irregular verbs (suivre, fuir, conduire)

            -p. 114 connître v. savoir

            -p. 116-117 how to point out things

            -p. 118-119 how to ask which and which one(s)

            -p. 123-124 how to express the past of the past (plus-que-parfait)

culture

            -p. 1  La Nouvelle-Orléans

            -p. 9  Cajun & Créole

            -p. 10  tutoyer v. vouvoyer

            -p. 12 Café du monde / beignets

            -p. 19 Choderlos de Laclos

            -p. 19 zydéco / fais do-do

            -p. 20 language “register”

            -p. 37 Haïti

            -p. 40 cimitières, voudou

            -p. 47 diaspora haïtienne

            -p. 47 Haïti

            -p. 49 kreyól

            -p. 52 proverbes

            -p. 62 la cuisine québécoise

            -p. 71, 73 Paris        

            -p. 80 Vietnam

            -p. 80 founding of Paris

            -p. 81 Paris monuments

            -p. 86 Saïgon (Ho Chi Minh)

            -p. 92 periods of French literature

            -p. 94 Le Marais of Paris

            -p. 98 Victory Hugo

            -p. 107, 111 le Maghreb

            -p. 120, 124 Paris

            -p. 122 Québec

            -p. 130 Islam

vocabulaire

            -p. 2 Langue – places to stay

            -p. 5 voyages, hôtel

            -p. 5 Langue – onomatopées

            -p. 10, 21  les rencontres

            -p. 16  négation

            -p. 20 voyages, littérature, travail, vacances

            -p. 23 professions

            -p. 29 letters – greetings, wishes, closings (formal & informal)

            -p. 38 bistro / restaurant

            -p. 40 cuisine, décrire

            -p. 41 la nourriture

            -p. 43 les repas

            -p. 44  how to make invitations

            -p. 52  expressions utiles

            -p. 53 asking & giving opinions

            -p. 61 how to retell a story or event in the past

            -p. 76 airport, descriptions, belongings

            -p. 77 how to describe clothing and belongings

            -p. 78 how to describe colors

            -p. 79 how to describe clothing styles

            -p. 80 how to describe shapes, sizes and objects

            -p. 81 how to describe a person’s physical aspects

            -p. 82 décoller family of words

            -p. 89 expressions utiles

            -p. 90 how to make & respond to excuses

            -p. 108 how to refer to family members

            -p. 110 descriptions of people

            -p. 112 how to describe people’s character & personality traits

            -p. 113-114 how to say you disagree and compromise

            -p. 121 family life

            -p. 122 how to express nostalgia

épisodes (le conte)

            -p.  4-5

            -p. 21 (listening)

            -p. 28

            -p. 39-40

            -p. 51-52  (listening)

            -p. 60

            -p. 74-75       

            -p. 89-90 (listening)

            -p. 98

            -p. 109-110

            -p. 121 (listening)

            -p. 127

littérature

            -p. 32  Liaisons dangereuses

            -p. 65 à la recherche du temps perdu

            -p. 99-101 La Parure (haven’t read this)

            -p. 131 Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement (haven’t read this)