Henle Latin -- 1

Henle Latin 1

Read the Introduction to the Student, pages 1-2.

Robert J Henle, SJ was a Catholic priest (SJ means Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuit order). A particular focus of the Jesuits was to teach high school. They believed in careful, systematic teaching, with lots of review so that the student really mastered the material. A lot of their principles have become basics of good teaching. You can see this emphasis in the introduction.

Read the Unit One Introduction, pages 3-5.

Does this sound familiar at all?

A few notes on how the book is laid out:

• Grammar rules to remember are in boxes (look on page 6 for an example).
• There are several "Readings" in the book. At first they are in English and are concerned with Roman history or culture. Later on they are in Latin.
• Every chapter has a few words of vocabulary to learn. There are online quizzes to help with this. Read page 8, How to Make Vocabulary Study Easy.

Assignment:

• Memorize the declension of terra
• Study the vocabulary on page 7 -- this Quia quiz is helpful.
  

Some Resources:

• Latin Grammar Quiz
• Declension Quizlet
• Latin Declension Song on Youtube
• Latin Declension Drills (these are challenging)