NCERT Solutions for Class 9th English Chapter 2 The Pot Maker
Updated on 2026-09-08
About this chapter
The Pot Maker (prose, pages 33–56, Temsula Ao): Sentila wants to be a potter like her mother and grandmother. Her mother Arenla wants a weaver, and says why — the clay is “sixteen kilometres from here”, the climb down is “a sheer drop”, the pounding is “tedious”, a batch takes months, “And the reward? A few rupees.” Sentila hides her passion and learns by watching other potters. The village council turns a family matter into a public one. The elders remind Mesoba that a skill “handed down from generation to generation” does not ‘belong’ to any individual, and that experts are “obliged to pass on their skills not only to their own children but also to anyone who wished to learn”. Craft, in this story, is community property held in trust. Teaching alone is not enough. Arenla does teach — for
- The Pot Maker (prose)
- The Pot Maker
- Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem)
Exercises
- The Pot Maker (prose) — Reflect and Respond Page 33
- The Pot Maker — Check Your Understanding Page 37
- The Pot Maker — Check Your Understanding Page 41–42
- The Pot Maker (prose) — Critical Reflection Page 42–45
- The Pot Maker (prose) — Vocabulary and Structures in Context Page 45–48
- The Pot Maker (prose) — Listen and Respond Page 48–49
- The Pot Maker (prose) — Speaking Activity Page 49–50
- The Pot Maker (prose) — Writing Task Page 50–51
- The Pot Maker (prose) — Learning Beyond the Text Page 51–56
- Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem) — Reflect and Respond Page 57
- Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem) — Check Your Understanding Page 60
- (Check Your Understanding, item II)Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem) — Let us appreciate the poem Page 60–61
- Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem) — Critical Reflection Page 62–63
- Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem) — Vocabulary in Context Page 63–64
- Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem) — Listen and Respond Page 64–65
- Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem) — Speaking Activity Page 65
- Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem) — Writing Task Page 66–67
- Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem) — Learning Beyond the Text Page 67–68