Class 9 English Kaveri Chapter 2 is The Pot Maker by Temsula Ao, the story of a girl who wants to learn her mother’s craft against her mother’s wishes, followed by the poem Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations.
What Is in Class 9 English Kaveri Chapter 2
The Pot Maker follows Sentila, who dreams of becoming a pot maker like her mother Arenla and her grandmother. Arenla wants her to weave instead: the clay lies sixteen kilometres away down a sheer drop to the riverbank, pounding it in bamboo cylinders is tedious, and a batch of pots earns only a few rupees. Sentila secretly watches the potters shape and fire their pots, until her mother finally lets her learn and ‘a new pot maker was born’. The text is an abridged version of the original story.
Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations celebrates everyday work through riddles and imagery: the farmer, potter, mason and others, with an exercise matching the ASHA worker, confectioner, sericulturist, welder and horticulturist to their descriptions.
Activities in This Unit
- Each piece is followed by Check Your Understanding, Vocabulary in Context and grammar, speaking and writing tasks, after a Reflect and Respond warm-up.
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- Previous: Chapter 1: How I Taught My Grandmother to Read
- Next: Chapter 3: Winds of Change
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FAQ
Why did Arenla not want Sentila to become a pot maker?
Pot making was hard, messy work for little money: the clay had to be carried uphill from a riverbank sixteen kilometres away. Weaving paid better, could be done indoors in all seasons, and provided cloth for the family.
Who wrote The Pot Maker?
Temsula Ao. Kaveri prints an abridged version of her story.