Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.

“Collections”

In this activity, students will create an additional collection to describe what Jacob and the other peculiar children might do next.

Throughout the novel, Jacob finds collections of items that serve as clues to his grandfather’s past. These collections include his grandfather’s pictures, Abraham’s letters to Emma, the collection of Emerson’s works, the collection at the museum, and the collection of photos at Miss Peregrine’s house.

Create your own collection to predict what will happen to the characters as they set out in the battleship at the end of the novel. Then share your collection with peers, explaining how it serves as a clue for what will happen to Jacob and the other peculiars next. Use the questions below to create your collection and aid in your presentation.

• What is in your collection (original photos, letters, artifacts, etc.)?
• What happens at the novel’s conclusion that Jacob and the others need to resolve?
• What unanswered questions does Jacob still have about Abraham or others?
• What new adventures might the characters go on?
• What details from the novel support your claim for what will happen to Jacob next?

Present your collection to the group. Explain the ways in which the individual objects connect to character development and plot development over the course of the story.

Teaching Suggestion: To generate ideas, it may be beneficial for students to brainstorm types of collections that are unrelated to the collections Jacob discovered in the novel. Students may wish to discuss conflicts that are not fully resolved at the end of the novel in small groups, as these conflicts might give rise to interesting collections.