Intiruge Outline - chapters 1 - 4 -- By Chapter
chapitre 1 – Les
haricots sont pas salés. expression
cajun-créole
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
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”
vocabulary
-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)
épisodes
-p. 4-5
-p. 21 (listening – look at your activities)
-p. 28
littérature
-p. 32 Liaisons dangereuses
chapitre 2 –
L’okra ne se mange pas d’un seul doigt.
proverbe haïtien
grammar
-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
culture
-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
vocabulary
-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
épisodes
-p. 39-40
-p. 51-52 (listening – look at your activities)
-p. 60
littérature
-p. 65 à la recherche du temps perdu
chapitre 3 – Il ne
faut pas vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué.
proverbe français
grammar
-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
culture
-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
vocabulary
-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
épisodes
-p. 74-75
-p. 89-90 (listening – look at your activities)
-p. 98
littérature
-p. 99-101 La Parure (haven’t read this)
chapitre 4 – En
restant entre deux mosquées, on revient sans avoir prié.
proverbe arabe
grammar
-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. 107, 111 le Maghreb
-p. 120, 124 Paris
-p. 122 Québec
-p. 130 Islam
vocabulary
-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
-p. 109-110
-p. 121 (listening – look at your activities)
-p. 127
littérature
-p. 131 Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement (haven’t read this)