Students taking Latin 2 should have completed Latin 1 or an equivalent course. Students should be able to read and write at a 10th grade level.

In HSLDA Online Academy's Latin 1 course, students learn all the concepts covered in chapters 1–20 of Wheelock's Latin.

Students planning to take Latin 2 should be comfortable with using these concepts, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Noun Declensions: First through Fourth
• Verb Conjugations: First (Active & Passive), Second (Active & Passive), Third (Active), and Fourth (Active)
• Verb Tenses: Present, Imperfect, Future, Perfect, Pluperfect, Future Perfect
• Verb Moods: Indicative and Imperative
• Verb Voices: Active and Passive
• Reflexive, Intensive, and Possessive Pronouns
• Personal Pronouns
• Demonstratives
• Numerals
• Participles