The reality, with a mashup of fantasy, of teaching through 481 readings

For starters, I believe that I have never given so much thought into planning Units before Sarah Donovan's 489 methods course. I feel as though her class prepared me for the experience ( it sure is an experience) and work load of English 481. In regards to the readings, I feel as though some of the readings from last semester to now are slightly repetitive, however, they engage me each and every single time. After reading Smago, my awareness of the time, effort, brainstorming, materials needed to create successful quality Units has increased tremendously. Not only did it increase it became more of a priority of mines to master the multitasking involved. Students may not ever realize the process behind Units and the planning; however, they can see if it is real- and by real I mean, is it something the teacher is truly interested in teaching and having students learn. The readings are reasonable because they are versatile in lesson planning, rubric designing, assessment, etc. I am interested in how everything intertwines with each other, and how the lesson plans challenge students cognitively each step of the way through numerous activities throughout a Unit.
With that being said I’d like to read a book that does all that I described, but in relation to doing that inside a neighborhood, urban, CPS high school. So far the books do not address different examples of students teachers will face.  The readings in this class don't seem to be based on students with behavioral isues, or students who are not interested in school as a whole. I would like to see these activities and brilliant plans  into action in a CPS classroom.  Included should be written reflections and instructions on how different situations can be handled successfully in different ways. For example, how teachers  reach certain students and get their attention and effort. These are everyday struggles of teachers and I feel most of these very useful texts fail to acknowledge the everyday situations; instead, everything seems sugar coated.