English 505

So for class we are discussing identity. We played a word/image association game with the word identity. I was amazed at the variety of responses students gave from movies with the word identity in them to the identity theft commercials that i know everyone is familiar with. We then began to discuss how it is we define ourselves whether it is by events that have happened in our lives, people, places/region, culture... The discussion was awesome. The best so far, I believe. I am still having a hard time with discussions pertaining to the text. They loath both R.U.G. and CDA. I think it is more of my not locating a viable way to approach the texts yet. Any suggestions?