Description

Medicina o cura is a Spanish 3 CI curriculum unit from the Huellas 1 curriculum sequence designed to build proficiency through meaningful, real‑world contexts and comprehensible input. In this two‑week unit, students explore health, illness, and remedies, comparing modern medicine with traditional and herbal treatments while learning to communicate about symptoms, diagnoses, and care.

This proficiency-based Spanish 3 curriculum unit supports interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication as students engage with vocabulary and structures related to healthcare in context. Through music, stories, discussion, and interactive activities, students practice describing illnesses, suggesting treatments, and responding to real‑life scenarios. The unit balances high‑interest content with accessible CI‑driven instruction, making health topics engaging rather than intimidating.

Medicina o cura can be used as a stand-alone Spanish 3 thematic unit or as part of the full Huellas 1 curriculum sequence.

What’s included

• Full 12-day lesson plan
• 9-day remote learning & sub plans
• Engaging unit hook to introduce the theme
• Two different songs connected to health and remedies
• Daily memes featuring remedios caseros
• Class story and related reading
• Hands‑on manipulative activities
• Duolingo podcast integration
• Final project simulating doctor and patient roles

Grammatical Feature

In Medicina o cura, students will use the subjunctive mood to make recommendations for patients, and commands to tell patients what to do when they are sick.

Why teachers love this unit

• CI‑driven instruction rooted in practical, real‑world language
• High student engagement through role‑play and simulation
• Strong focus on communication rather than memorization
• Thematic approach that builds vocabulary naturally
• Ready‑to‑use lessons that save planning time

This unit is part of the Huellas 1 Spanish 3 CI curriculum, a cohesive, proficiency‑based program built on comprehensible input and thematic instruction. Use this unit on its own or pair it with other Huellas units to create a coherent Spanish 3 curriculum sequence.

Pair this unit with other CI units from Somewhere to Share:

• La revolución tecnológica Unit H2.11
• Compra menos y haz que dure Unit 1.11
• Dame, dame chocolate Unit H1.8
• Full Comprehensible Input (CI) Huellas 1 Curriculum
• Full Comprehensible Input (CI) Huellas 2 Curriculum

Spanish 3 Curriculum Unit | CI Comprehensible Input Spanish 3 | Proficiency-Based Unit | Huellas Curriculum | Medicina o cura 

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