Short story of Halloween history and customs.  I use it as a running diction but you could use it as a reading also.  There is a quiz that goes with it.  Also great for a telephone type game where the students have to pass the story down a line of students by talking and the last one writes it down.  

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Halloween running dictation story and Quiz 

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Lass es uns tun Deutsch DAF reading for detail (deep reading). Short story of Halloween history and customs.  I use it as a running diction but you could use it…