TODAY IN CLASS
Work time to do two things: 
1) Take some final notes on "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" ("notes" is the key word:  in your own notes)
Finish up "Granny Weatherall" by looking closely at paragraph 56:  who or what is that man, and how do you know? Then study the last two paragraphs to try to figure out how to work Granny's expectations--or the lack of fulfillment of those expectations?--into the theme of the story. 
We didn't quite get to the final theme in our late-in-class discussion, but if you were gone, please look up two Emily Dickinson poems:  "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died."

2) Write on loose-leaf paper to hand in (yes, will be part of RRJ) two paragraphs on "Araby"
Specifically, study the opening two paragraphs of Joyce's story.  Then write a paragraph containing your best insights on how your ORIGINAL story element (whatever you did for "GW") applies to these opening paragraphs.  Then write a second paragraph from the perspective of the focus assigned for "Araby."  This paper was turned in at the end of class.

FOR TOMORROW
Assuming you read the story over the week-end, now be sure that you've studied the new focal point thoroughly (which you may or may not have done prior to today's class), and be prepared to contribute to tomorrow's fast-paced, high-expectation discussion of "Araby."

If you're good to go on that, you could read Updike's "A & P," the next story.