Sanctuary A place of refuge or safety.

Agenda• Brainstorm and choose your sanctuary.• Describe your sanctuary.• Illustrate your sanctuary.• END GOAL: Become more familiar with the

term sanctuary and be able to describe and explain your own sanctuary.

Plan• Day 2 (Tomorrow)

o Illustrate your sanctuary.o On one side, a pictorial

representation of sanctuary.o On the other side, the

explanation of your sanctuary.

• Day 1 (Today)

o Brainstorm sanctuaries.o Choose the most important

one.o Describe your sanctuaryo Explain WHY it is your

sanctuary and what it is so important to you.

Brainstorm• Be specific, where are some of the places that

you feel safe? Try and think of at least ten.

o Your bedroom?o Your kitchen?o Your grandma’s kitchen?o The living room at your friend’s house?o The swimming pool?o The lake?o The soccer field?

Share Out• Share out your list with the person sitting next to

you.

Selection• Look over that list.

• Circle the one that you think is best.o You feel the most safe there.o You feel the most comfortable there.o You wish you could spend most of your time there.

Selection• Take 5 minutes and write as much as you can

about your sanctuary.o Why do you like it so much?o Why do you feel safe there?o What is in there?o What does it look like?o Where is it located?o How often are you there?o How do you feel when you are there?o What are some of the sounds you here?o Have you ever taken anyone there? Why? Why not? Who?o Would you change anything about it?o What is the best part about it?

Breakdown of your senses.

• In your notebook, divide a piece of paper into five equal squares.

• Label each square for one of your senseso Toucho Tasteo Smell o Hearo See

• You are going to brainstorm different ways your senses are engaged in that place.

Taste Touch

Smell Sight

Hear

Adjective Help: Touch• Spongy• Soft• Soggy• Fuzzy• Furry• Warm• Velvety• Thick • Tacky• Moist

• Chilly• Creepy• Cold• Crips• Cuddly• Hairy• Hot• Humid• Icy• Smooth

Adjective Help: Taste• Hearty• Heavy• Salty• Spicy• Plain• Rich• Refreshing• Roasted• Minted• Mild

• Crumbly• Crispy• Chewy• Cheesy• Chocolaty• Doughy• Bitter• Bittersweet• Fizzy• Gooey

Adjective Help: Smell• Savory• Delicious• Sweet• Smoky• Sweaty• Stale• Strong• burning

• Burnt• Aromatic• Dank• Fishy• Fragrant• Fresh• Moldy• Musty• Perfumed• Rancid

Adjective Help: Hearing

• Squeaky• Sweet• Thunderous• Loud• Low• Harmonious• Raspy• Whispered• Screechy• High

• Enjoyable• Faint• Gentle• Melodious• Muffled• Noisy• Piercing• Shrill• Silent• Soft• Smooth

Adjective Help: Sight• Elegant• Disheveled• Homely• Long• Muddy• Spotless• Sparkling• Colorful• Bloody• Beautiful

• Alluring• Attractive• Bright• Clean• Graceful• Gorgeous• Glowing• Plain• Shiny• Drab

Taste

• Cheesy nachos• Chocolaty cake• Stale air

Touch

• Fuzzy slippers• Warm Blanket

Smell

• Salty sea air.• Freshly cut

grass• Sweaty soccer

cleats.

Sight

• Sparkling diamonds

• Spotless floor

Hear• Screeching cars• Melodious singing

Sanctuary Questions• 1: Why is your sanctuary so important to you?

Why do you feel safe there? (3 sentence min)

• 2: Who would you like to share your sanctuary with? Anyone? Explain. (3 sentence min)

• 3: What is the best thing about your sanctuary? What is the worst? (3 sentence min)

• 4: In perfect paragraph format, describe your sanctuary.

DAY 2 Agenda• Revisit Sanctuaries• Complete a visual representation of your

sanctuary.• END GOAL: Be able to completely describe

and explain your sanctuary with both pictures and words.

Illustration• Side 2

o Your nameo Perfect

Paragraph that describes your sanctuary AND explains why it makes you feel safe.

• Side 1

oA picture of your sanctuary.