Part I - Mapping the Territory Chapter 1 - Playbuilding at the centre of classroom drama Playbuilding in context Playbuilding at the heart of classroom drama Playbuilding in the curriculum The playbuilding process Learning in and through playbuilding Being young at art in the twentyfirst century Chapter 2 - Teaching and learning issues considering the role of the teacher in the creative process planning for rich learning Asessing playbuilding Playbuilding products and audiences Integrating the core practices - making, performing, reflecting Creating collaboratively Chapter 3 - Teaching playbuilding creatively Creating an open space for discussion Considering the teacher's use of language Metaphoric devising The elements of drama Organisational issues Teaching students to reflect on their playbuilding Evaluating your teaching of playbuilding Part II - Levels at Work Chapter 4 - LEVEL 1 - Beginner playbuilders Theme-based playbuilding: Exploring a theme Character-based playbuilding: Experimenting with characters Location-based playbuilding: Using location to create a story Chapter 5 - LEVEL 2 - Intermediate playbuilders Theme-based playbuilding: Exploring theme and text Character-based playbuilding: Inventing physical characters Location-based playbuilding: Devising for different spaces Chapter 6 - LEVEL 3 - Experienced playbuilders Theme-based playbuilding: Getting political Characters-based playbuilding: Sustaining characters in the style of realism Location-based playbuilding: Manipulating sets in action Part III - Playbuilding for All Chapter 7 - Learning from theatre practitioners Ariane Mnouchkine - Forming a student theatre company Bertolt Brecht - Playbuilding an essay Chapter 8 - Working with narrative The importance of storying and stories The importance of storying in the drama classroom Experimenting with storying and narrative structure Learning how to create, tell and stage fictional stories Playing with different types of stories and narrative structures Getting inside a story: teaching ideas for playbuilding with a narrative focus An example of teacher planning for narrative playbuilding Staging our stories using personal narrative for playbuilding Working with student's personal narratives in drama Other possibilities of playbuilding with personal narratives Playbuilding with cultural works and stories Using folk traditions from around the world for playbuilding Playbuilding using more contemporary stories Playbuilding with the western fairytale tradition Chapter 9 - Contemporary classroom playbuilding Some recurring themes Playbuilding with a contemporary edge Technology-rich playbuilding Body-centred playbuilding Final thoughts.