Huellas 1.9 Medicina o cura
The Huellas Curriculum for Intermediate learners
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate (Levels 2-4)
- Formats
- Google Drive, PDF
- Pages
- 83 Pages
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:
- Full Comprehensible Input (CI) Huellas 1 Curriculum
- Full Comprehensible Input (CI) Huellas 2 Curriculum
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This is one of the units I use before reading Vector and helps set the stage for the events in the story. It is now part of Carrie's Huellas unit and can't wait to cover this unit.
Alma R. -
My upper levels loved this, especially using the boiled egg to learn. This was fun and interesting but they learned SO much
Samantha S. -
I modified quite a bit for my AP class but I loved the complete lesson plans, the well planned activities, wholistic themes and engaging opportunities to use the language!
alita G. -
The Huellas units are always so well-done and this one did not disappoint. Thank you for using real topics to make learning Spanish enjoyable and comprehensible.
Olivia B. -
I was in a desperate need of a resource for Medical Spanish. I am so glad I found this. I also follow this account on Instragram and she posts videos of the activities there. I love this. I am happy that people take the time to put GOOD resources together. Thank you so much!
Olga Mejia
