The document outlines a lesson plan for teaching students how to use the simple past tense. The objectives are for students to be able to write sentences about their last vacation using the simple past tense of regular and irregular verbs. The lesson plan has the students read a paragraph, underline the verbs, check answers, learn the grammatical rule, and then write their own sentences which will be checked. It provides an example paragraph about a vacation in the past tense for reference.

1. UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA DE AMBATO
F. C. H. E
CARRERA DE IDIOMAS
The Inductive Approach
STUDENTS: MESIAS NATALY
ARCENTALES JONATHAN

2. OBJECTIVES
 GENERAL.-
At the end of the class students will be able to write
sentences about their last vacation, using simple past
tense.
 SPECIFIC.-
*Use properly the simple past tense with both regular
and irregular verbs.
*Use pronouns, verbs and adverbs of time.
*Talk about events in a sequence.

3. Lesson plan
E  Present a paragraph to read.
 Give the instructions to students.
A  Make students underline the verbs.
S
 Check the answers.
 Present the gramatical rule.
A  Make students write sentences about their last vacation and check the answers.

4. Where did you go on your last vacation?
On my last vacation I went to the beach with my
parents and my best friend. We stayed in a hotel for
two weeks. We surfed and swam in the ocean. In the
afternoons, we went sightseeing and we took lots of
pictures. We also bought some souvenirs and visited
a castle and some monuments. Finally we came back
home. I had the best vacation.

5. The Simple Past Tense

6. The Simple past tense
 Use to talk about finished
actions in the past.
 REGULAR VERBS
S + BASE FORM OF THE VERB + “ED”
 IRREGULAR VERBS

7. THE INDUCTIVE APPROACH
ENGAGE
• Introduce
the topic
ACTIVATE
• Give
exercises
STUDY
• Explain
the rules