How to teach the use of symbol in creative writing.

How to teach the use of symbol in creative writing.
Explain to your students that their creative writing can be enhanced with the use of symbol. Show them the two texts below.
Text 1 is called, ‘Childhood Comfort’ and text 2 is called, ‘Giant Polar Bear’. Both texts are monologues (unfolding thoughts of the writer) about the comfort that memories of childhood can provide but text one does not use symbol whereas text 2 does. After reading the texts discuss with your students the use of symbol.
Learning point. Text 1 is based on many examples I have read when students write about childhood experiences which exhibit a common problem of describing things in a vague, non specific way. Text 2 provides a solution to this problem as the use of a symbol can automatically engender specific reference and an ease of association in the reader’s mind.
Then set then this writing task:
‘Write about childhood memories that you feel strongly about and choose and use a suitable symbol as a centre piece of your writing.’