To be honest, that FI sounds to be totally and utterly clueless.
Teaching basic attitude exercises such as 'Medium Turns' should be the bread and butter of most PPL FIs. If he/she didn't emphasise the sequence of 'L00K OUT, ATTITUDE, INSTRUMENTS', then he/she wasn't teaching you properly.
Get a proper instructor and learn correctly - asking people on a 'private flying' forum is fraught with risk from unqualified posters.