AmplioLatin vocabulary

Challenge I Latin Vocabulary

Challenge I brings the full Henle First Year sequence into view, joining cumulative vocabulary with the grammar needed for increasingly connected translation.

Vocabulary by week

Challenge I — Henle First Year vocabulary by week
WeekVocabulary assignedWords
Week 1Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3, Lesson 4, Lesson 5, Lesson 6112
Week 2Lesson 7, Lesson 839
Week 3Lesson 9, Lesson 1032
Week 4Lesson 1116
Week 5Lesson 12, Lesson 1320
Week 6Lesson 14, Lesson 15, Lesson 1628
Week 7Lesson 17, Lesson 1812
Week 8Lesson 195
Week 9Lesson 215
Week 10Lesson 22, Lesson 2321
Week 11Lesson 2423
Week 12Lesson 25, Lesson 2627
Week 13Lesson 27, Lesson 2819
Week 14Lesson 2910
Week 15No new mapped vocabulary — check your reading or review assignment
Week 16Lesson 30, Lesson 318
Week 17Lesson 32, Lesson 33, Lesson 3417
Week 18Lesson 34, Lesson 3519
Week 19Lesson 3513
Week 20Lesson 35, Lesson 3624
Week 21Lesson 36, Lesson 3744
Week 22Lesson 3733
Week 23Lesson 3733
Week 24Lesson 37, Lesson 38, Lesson 3950
Week 25Lesson 3912
Week 26Lesson 39, Lesson 4016
Week 27Lesson 40, Lesson 4117
Week 28Lesson 4113
Week 29Lesson 41, Lesson 4216
Week 30No new mapped vocabulary — check your reading or review assignment

The Classical Conversations guide assigns Henle First Year vocabulary week by week. 28 of the 30 weeks have vocabulary lists mapped here; the other 2 have no new mapped list. Reading, grammar or assessment may still be assigned. Several lessons are often assigned in the same week; the heaviest week is week 1, with 112 words.

Lessons covered in Challenge I

What the year's vocabulary looks like

Across the 488 words the list is 164 verbs, 161 nouns, 59 adjectives, 44 adverbs, 22 prepositions, 16 conjunctions, 14 pronouns, 2 phrases, 2 adverbial phrases, 1 particle, 1 interjection, 1 verb phrase and 1 participle. The forms a student meets most: 3rd-declension nouns (61), 3rd-conjugation verbs (57), 2nd-declension nouns (47), 1st-conjugation verbs (41), 1st/2nd-declension adjectives (37), 1st-declension nouns (32). Every word is on its lesson page with its English meaning, part of speech and form, and a few of the sentences Amplio uses to drill it.

How to use these lists

Challenge I asks students to carry earlier vocabulary into a wider range of constructions. Familiar words return inside passive sentences, infinitive expressions and clauses whose relationships take time to untangle. The practical goal is not to know a separate English answer for every possible form. It is to recognise the entry behind the form and explain what the sentence asks that form to do. That shift frees attention for the meaning of a whole passage.

The opening part of the reference schedule moves quickly across material from earlier Challenge levels. Use that return to identify weak foundations rather than assuming every old word is secure. Third-declension stems, pronoun reference and unpredictable principal parts are productive places to check. Later lists give greater prominence to irregular adjectives, third-conjugation -iō verbs, indirect statements and deponents. The linked lesson notes address those actual entries without promising that one vocabulary page contains every rule being discussed that week.

Read the week table across as well as down. Several early weeks include multiple lessons, while some later lessons recur as the reading develops. The table links only vocabulary-bearing pages, so gaps in lesson numbers are not broken links or evidence that the textbook has been shortened. A week with no new mapped entries may still carry review or assessment. Consult the current guide for the full assignment and use this page to locate the relevant word lists efficiently.

When a translation resists a first reading, ask the student to mark the finite verb, then identify the subject and the boundaries of any dependent clause. Use the dictionary entry to settle an unfamiliar stem or construction before rearranging the English. If every attempt becomes a search for remembered English wording, pause and return to the Latin evidence. A sound explanation of one sentence is more informative than several fluent answers copied without understanding. Bring the uncertain relationship to seminar, along with the attempted reading.

At home, combine a focused vocabulary check with regular reading instead of letting either displace the other. Keep a small list of forms that looked unfamiliar even though their headwords were known. Revisit those forms after an interval and check whether the entry now comes to mind. Students joining at this level can use the same process to locate gaps, with their parent and director setting a realistic course of review. These pages offer a reference and specific study advice; your course materials remain the source of the complete grammar and translation work.

Amplio is paced to the Classical Conversations schedule: pick your Challenge level and it shows the words assigned for the current week, then drills them with spaced repetition until they stick.

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Prefer paper?

The Henle Year 1 index groups the same vocabulary by lesson rather than week. Print the pages needed for review and annotate the entries whose forms caused trouble. Henle Year 1 lesson index.

Questions families ask

Does Challenge I cover all of Henle First Year?

The stored schedule reaches Lesson 42 and includes the vocabulary-bearing lessons across the book. The index preserves gaps where this reference has no separate list.

Can a student start Challenge I without Challenge A or B?

Use a placement conversation with the director and parent to plan the work. These early lesson lists can reveal vocabulary gaps, but they are not a placement assessment.

Why are several lessons listed in one Challenge I week?

The opening schedule groups earlier material for cumulative work. Follow all the links in the row, then consult the guide for the full reading and exercise assignment.

How do I review Latin principal parts for translation?

Check whether a perfect or participial form brings its headword to mind. Keep the forms missed in actual reading in a focused review pile.

What is the difference between a deponent verb and a passive verb?

A deponent typically uses passive-looking forms with an active meaning. Read the complete entry and its construction rather than assigning passive English from the ending alone.

Where can I get a printable full-year vocabulary reference?

The Henle Year 1 index links every available lesson list. Open and print the lessons you need; no account is required to read them.

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