I would give another point that works for me, communicate in the cockpit, Explain your checks alloud before the exercise and during the exercise.
for example say: I will go to 1000ft, accelerate to 60 knots, watch my trim, reduce colective ... then the instructor see the needle stop at 1000ft, speed increase as expected....
it helps the instructore see that you know what you are doing and know how to make the machine do exactly what you want (that is the diference from PPL to CPL).
as you talk during the exercise it also helps show that you are not overtaxed just handling the aircraft. as well a nicely formulated mayday call during the auto is not a must but will score points.