Reading Club A – Robinson Crusoe / Gulliver’s Travels -- 6

 Learning about Literature / Robinson Crusoe / Newspaper/ Gulliver's Travels

by cAmilla Wu

Date: November 7^th , 2009

1.     Learning about Literature (based on What your fifth grader needs to know, p. 48)

a.        Review imagery and metophar.

b.        Define the word symbol:

A symbol is something that stands for or suggests something else beyond itself.

For Example:

A heart is a symbol of love especially on Valentine's Day.

What do the skull and crossbones on a pirate’s flag symbolize?

l      Works of literature often contain symbols.

l      Sometimes the significance of a symbol is not so clear-cut.

l      A symbol can mean different thins to different readers, and not everything in a work of literature is a symbol. For example, let’s say you are reading a poem about a bird: the bird may be a symbol, suggesting a quality like freedom. Or, the bird may simply be a bird. When you’re reading stories and poems, you don’t need to search for symbols, but when you do notice them, it’s interesting to think about how they enrich what you’re reading.