The three things that i learnt this year is how to dig through sources to infer my research, undertand questions asked and answer them fully and finally how to think outside of what I have been given.
My fondest memory is wheni worked with my group on the resesrch and book talks of The Absoulutely true diary of a Part Time Indian novel.
A tip I would give is to try and go ahead of the class and dont go for the bare minimum of what is being asked in an assignment