Gassing Operations in the Holocaust

Gassing operations in the Holocaust were pretty gruesome and demented. Nazi's would pick out a group of people who they seemed to be "unworthy of life" and mass murder them by poisoning them with deadly gases. These gases were made with many chemicals along with carbon monoxide. Nazi's would prepare these "gassings" by sealing the gas in a truck or a van. They called these vehicles "mobile gas vans." Killing Jews with deadly gas was more cheaper than any other method they used to kill innocent victims. Nazi's mainly gassed the people who were ill and who were Gypsies. While packing people into the "gas chambers," they would tell the Jews to raise their arms and pack in as tightly as they could. They made them do this because if they held their arms up, they could get more people in the chambers. Also, the more people then the faster they would suffocate. There were at least 6,000 Jews gassed each day.

Prank turns deadly for Arkansas teen

Ford, Dana. "Prank turns deadly for       

    Arkansas teen." CNN. CNN. 18 Feb. 

    2014. Web. 19 Feb. 2014

<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/17/us/arkansas-prank-death/index.html?c=us>

Girl killed because of prank. 2014.              

     Web. 18 Feb. 2014.                <http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/1.   7/arkansas-man-guns-down-15-year-   old-girl-for-egging-sons-car-as-a-prank/>

This article was about a 15 year old girl and her friends who were trying to get back at some friends for pranking them. The friends had egged one of the friends' houses, and they were going to get them back. When the girl and her friends arrived at the house, a man came outside and began to fire. He shot the girl in the head and she died. 

I can connect to this story in a little way. I am also 15 years old and so was the girl who was killed. It would be terrible to just go to a friends house to get revenge for fun and then end up getting killed. I have never been shot, therefore, I cannot connect to that in no way shape or form. People don't usually get shot at my school for having fun, so I can't make a connection there either. But, sometimes people do get in trouble for getting out of line. 

I feel like it was ridiculous how they were just having good ole teenager fun and someone ends up dying. I could understand if their type of fun was life-threatening, but it wasn't. It was good, clean fun and someone gets murdered. This doesn't really effect me, but it makes me think about how careful I need to be whenever going out with friends because you never really know what can happen to you when going places. 

Short answer:

What is the central idea of the passage and how is it developed and refined throughout the selection? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer. 

It seems to me as if the author's central message is to watch out where you go and what you do. You need to be careful about being at the wrong place at the wrong time. The article said, "He opened the door and began to open fire." The article also said the driver had injuries to his leg. Although his injuries were obviously nowhere as serious as the 15 year old, he still was injured and the teenagers were at the wrong place at the wrong time. 

Director: Super Bowl halftime show will be creative, cold

Gross, Doug. "Director: Super Bowl halftime show will be creative, cold." CNN Tech. 2 Feb 2014. Web. 2
          Feb 2014. <http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/31/tech/innovation/super-bowl-halftime-                                       hamilton/index.html?hpt=hp_c2>

Bruno Mars Super Bowl Press Conference. 2014. Web. 2 Feb 2014. <http://cdn.rap-up.com/blog/wp-               content/uploads/2014/01/bruno-mars-super-bowl-press-conference.jpg>




Many people are wondering if the lights will go out after Bruno Mars makes an appearance in the Super Bowl halftime show. In 2013, once Beyonce was done performing, the lights in the stadium shut down for nearly 35 minutes. Director of the Super Bowl halftime show, Hamish Hamilton says he is "fairly sure" the same thing that happened last year will not happen again.
I can't really connect to this because I am not a director nor someone famous enough to perform at a Super Bowl. However, I did watch the Super Bowl and I do remember when the lights were out. Everyone was making a big deal out of it on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Bruno Mars is one of my most favorite performers of all-time, so I know I'm going to be watching the Super Bowl, and hopefully the lights shutting down, (if they do) won't stop him from doing what he does best.
This article makes me feel reassured because it lets me know that producers and directors are actually doing something to prevent what has happened before. It also lets me know that they are doing everything in their power to make the Super Bowl performances the best they can be, (even though it will be because of Bruno Mars.) Anywho, I feel like this Super Bowl halftime show will be one of the best yet.
My reaction to this is shocked because once I found out Bruno Mars was going to be the one performing for this big event, I have been excited for this time since then. I'm glad that so many people are working together to make something great happen. Faith in humanity is restoring and that affects me because people in my community may even begin to restoring faith.


How does the author support his claim? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.
The author supports his claim by putting direct things the producer of the Super Bowl halftime show said to make people feel like the same thing that happened last year will not happen again. He also adds some quotes from the producer such as "We knew almost exactly the show we were going to get," to reaffirm people that they have everything under control for the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show.