To think about the Chinese proverb:

‘A picture paints 1000 words’.

To find out if a picture or a symbol really can

tell us a lot about something?

Guess the Guess the Symbol QuizSymbol Quiz

Can you work out the Can you work out the company or brand from company or brand from looking at their symbol?looking at their symbol?

Sony Playstation

MSN Messenger

1)

2)

Ferrari

Starbucks

3)

4)

Pepsi

Cadbury

5)

6)

Cardiff City F.C.

Mercedes Benz

7)

8)

HMV

MySpace

9)

10)

Puma

Shell

11)

12)

Big Brother

Hello Kitty

13)

14)

Apple

Wikipedia

15)

16)

Disney

McDonalds

17)

18)

Nike

Vodafone

19)

20)

Dreamworks

The Labour Party

21)

22)

Look at these symbols, they all represent world-famous companies…

Your challenge is to play the ‘Just a Minute’ game! You need to:Choose one of these symbols.Talk about what the symbol represents (the brand, the company, why it’s such a successful symbol) for a minute, without repeating yourself, hesitating or going off the subject.It’s more difficult than it seems!The person who can talk for the longest is the winner!

Why are symbols important to big

companies?What do symbols tell

us about the companies?

Look at the symbols around this page & as a class discuss this question…

Below are two symbols that represent you…What symbols are they?Look at each symbol & on your worksheets write down all of the things that each one makes you think of.

Can we think of any ideas as a class?

Do you think that a picture or a

symbol can tell us a lot about something?

Do you think the Chinese proverb, ‘A picture paints 1000 words’ is

true?

Think about what you’ve

learnt in today’s

lesson to answer these

questions.