This is a general idea of the things you can expect to learn in French I.  This is a new series and I will follow the publisher's suggested sequence as follows:

Chapter 1 Salut, les copains!
    Greetings
    Numbers
    Asking questions
    Grammar:  subjects, verbs, pronouns, indefinite articles and the verb
                        avoir 
    Culture: Formal/informal greetings, personal space, and Theophile
                Duverger
Chapter 2 Qu'est-ce qui te plait?
    Likes/Dislikes
    Hobbies/Activities
    Agree/Disagree
    Grammar: definite articles, -er  verbs, irregualr plurals, contractions
                        with a, and conjunctions
    Culture: Music, dance, and Georges Seurat
Chapter 3: Comment est ta famille?
    Physical descriptions
    Family and pets
    Asking for and giving opinions
    Grammar: etre, adjective agreement, irregular adjectives, possessive
                        adjectives, and contractions with de
    Culture: Festival d'ete, Fete de la famille, Carnival de Quebec, and
                Edmond-Joseph Massicotte
Chapter 4: Mon annee scolaire
    School subjects and vocabulary
    Days of the week
    Time
    Numbers
    Asking/telling about needs
    Grammar: -re verbs, -ger and -cer verbs, preferer, acheter
                    adjectives as nouns, agreement with numbers
    Culture: School systems, the 24 hour clock, and Henri Matisse
                    

Chapter 5 Le temps libre
    Sports and Activities
    Months and seasons
    Weather
    Places in town
    Make plans
    Accept/extend an invitation
    Grammar: faire, question words, adverbs, near future tense, recent 
                     past tense,idioms with avoir
    Culture: Sports, the Celsius Scale, and Claude Monet
Chapter 6 Bon Appetit!
     Breakfast foods and drinks
     Place Settings
     Cafe foods
     Place a food order
     Asking about prices and making a purchase
    Grammar: the partitive, -ir verbs, vouloir, prendre and boire
                    the imperative
     Culture: Typical breakfast foods, tipping, the euro, and Pierre
                 Auguste Renoir
Chapter 7 On fait les magasins?
     Clothing and accessories
     Sports equipment
     Larger numbers
     Asking for help and prices while shopping
     Make a decision and purchase
     Grammar: Demonstrative adjectives, ineterrogative adjectives,
                     mettre, past tense of -er verbs and irregular verbs,
                     adverbs used in the past tense
     Culture: Shopping, traditional clothing, bargaining, and M'Bida